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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 11, 2006Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 11, 2006, 4:49 PM CST for Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2006, 4:49 PM CST (22:49 UTC)
Expired: Mar 11, 2006, 5:15 PM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Schuyler County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 11, 2:22 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 436 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 432 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KILX 112249
TORILX
ILC169-112315-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0005.060311T2249Z-060311T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
449 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 515 PM CST

* AT 449 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
  WEST OF RUSHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSHVILLE...
  RAY...

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 9081 4003 9065 4009 9045 4018 9028
      4019 9046 4028 9048

$$

SHIMON

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 112255
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
455 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

ILC169-112315-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060311T2315Z/
SCHUYLER-
455 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR SCHUYLER
COUNTY...

AT 451 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
RUSHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  RUSHVILLE.
  BROWNING.

A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A RAPIDLY ROTATING WALL CLOUD 1 MILE WEST 
OF RUSHVILLE AT 454 PM.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY
BE ON THE GROUND...OR ONE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM
OR HALL ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING.

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 9081 4003 9065 4009 9045 4018 9028
      4019 9046 4028 9048

$$

SHIMON

000 
WWUS53 KILX 112302
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
502 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

ILC169-112315-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060311T2315Z/
SCHUYLER-
502 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY...

AT 457 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSHVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  RAY.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 9068 4010 9062 4010 9051 4018 9028
      4019 9046 4027 9046 4028 9059

$$

SHIMON

000 
WWUS53 KILX 112315
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
515 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

ILC169-112325-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060311T2315Z/
SCHUYLER-
515 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY EXPIRES AT
515 PM CST...

AT 513 PM CST...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 10 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 9068 4010 9062 4010 9051 4018 9028
      4019 9046 4027 9046 4028 9059

$$

SHIMON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 11, 3:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	38 min
Mar 11, 3:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Schuyler	62 min
Mar 11, 4:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	66 min
Mar 11, 4:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	35 min
Mar 11, 5:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason, Tazewell	40 min
Mar 11, 5:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Scott	61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.