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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2006, 4:16 PM CDT for Effingham County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min. 7 reports 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, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Effingham County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 4:49 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Effingham, IL | DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE CITY OF EFFINGHAM. |
| Apr 16, 5:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 N Elliotstown, IL | TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN ELLIOTSTOWN. |
| Apr 16, 5:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Sw Watson, IL | |
| Apr 16, 5:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Se Heartville, IL | |
| Apr 16, 5:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 N Elliotstown, IL | PENNY SIZE HAIL. |
| Apr 16, 5:09 PM CDT | TORNADO 2 | 1 N Elliotstown, IL | TORNADO DESTROYED NUMEROUS OUTBUILDINGS...ROOF AND PORCH DAMAGE TO HOMES...GARAGES DAMAGED...TREES DOWN...A SMALL COMBINE BLOWN INTO A POND. TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 10 MINUTES...AND NEARLY 4 MILES. MAXIMUM WIDTH 200 YARDS. ESTIMATED WINDS 130-140 MPH. |
| Apr 16, 5:09 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Sw Dieterich, IL | TORNADO ON THE GROUND REPORTED MOVING NORTHEAST. |
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, 11:17 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 162118
TORILX
ILC049-173-162200-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0050.060416T2116Z-060416T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
416 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 416 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...11 MILES
WEST OF ALTAMONT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF VANDALIA...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
A SECOND TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF
STEWARDSON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEECHER CITY...
ALTAMONT...
MOCCASIN...
SHUMWAY...
WATSON...
STEWARDSON...
HEARTVILLE...
EFFINGHAM...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...TROWBRIDGE...ELLIOTSTOWN...
TEUTOPOLIS...SIGEL...MONTROSE AND DIETERICH.
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 3921 8882 3896 8881 3898 8836 3916 8838
3917 8848 3921 8847 3939 8848
$$
GOETSCH1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KILX 162146
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
446 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
ILC173-162156-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-060416T2200Z/
SHELBY-
446 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SHELBY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3919 8867 3899 8867 3898 8837 3916 8838
3917 8848 3920 8848
$$
ILC049-162200-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-060416T2200Z/
EFFINGHAM-
446 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
EFFINGHAM COUNTY...
AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WATSON...OR ABOUT
7 MILES SOUTH OF EFFINGHAM...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
TEUTOPOLIS.
DIETERICH.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...HEARTVILLE AND ELLIOTSTOWN.
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 3919 8867 3899 8867 3898 8837 3916 8838
3917 8848 3920 8848
$$
GOETSCHThe 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, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Shelby | 62 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.