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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2006, 3:46 PM CDT for Champaign County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2006, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Champaign County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 3:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Seymour, IL | 4 POWER POLES SNAPPED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 25 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 841 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -218 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 162047 TORILX ILC019-162130- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0049.060416T2046Z-060416T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 346 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. * UNTIL 430 PM CDT. * AT 346 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEYMOUR...OR ABOUT NEAR MONTICELLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAVOY... CHAMPAIGN... URBANA... THOMASBORO... ST. JOSEPH... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OVER 70 MPH. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. THE STORM MAY NOT BE PRODUCING A TORNADO AT THE MOMENT...BUT IS EXPECTED TO DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO INDOORS NOW TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR A BASEMENT...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4014 8847 3995 8846 4011 8802 4030 8809 $$ GEELHART
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 162104
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
404 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
ILC049-173-162130-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-060416T2130Z/
EFFINGHAM-SHELBY-
404 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
EFFINGHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES...
AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BEECHER CITY...OR
ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF EFFINGHAM...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
STEWARDSON.
EFFINGHAM.
TEUTOPOLIS.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...SHUMWAY...STRASBURG...TROWBRIDGE
AND SIGEL.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORK BENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY...AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3939 8861 3922 8881 3909 8881 3912 8848
3939 8848
$$
GOETSCH000 WWUS53 KILX 162133 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 433 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ILC019-162143- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060416T2130Z/ CHAMPAIGN- 433 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN COUNTY EXPIRED AT 430 PM CDT... AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4016 8841 3995 8844 4011 8802 4030 8809 $$ GEELHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 65 min |
| Apr 16, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 1:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Woodford | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon, Piatt | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Piatt | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham, Shelby | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 22 min |
| Apr 16, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Shelby | 62 min |
| Apr 16, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham, Shelby | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Piatt | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Jasper | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 67 min |
| Apr 16, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas | 54 min |
| Apr 16, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 62 min |
| Apr 16, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Edgar | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Jasper | 67 min |
| Apr 16, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 31 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.