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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2006, 4:58 PM CDT for Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min. 5 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, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jasper County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 5:09 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 W Wheeler, IL | |
| Apr 16, 5:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 N Wheeler, IL | IN ISLAND GROVE 1 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED. |
| Apr 16, 5:18 PM CDT | TORNADO 2 | 2 Sw Wheeler, IL | MOBILE HOME DESTROYED...AUTO DAMAGED...REFRIGERATOR BLOWN ONE-QUARTER MILE...TREES DAMAGED AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO HOUSES. TORNADO ON THE GROUND FOR 4 MINUTES... OR 1.5 MILES. DISSIPATED JUST WEST OF WHEELER. MAXIMUM WIDTH 150 YARDS WIDE. ESTIMATED WINDS 115- |
| Apr 16, 5:21 PM CDT | TORNADO | Wheeler, IL | A TORNADO WAS IN WHEELER AND MOVING NORTHEAST. |
| Apr 16, 5:29 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 W Newton, IL | 2 FUNNEL CLOUDS PASSING JUST SOUTH OF TOWN. |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 162157 TORILX ILC079-162245- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0052.060416T2158Z-060416T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 458 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...10 MILES WEST OF WHEELER...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EFFINGHAM...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WHEELER... LATONA... GILA... ROSE HILL... NEWTON... HIDALGO... WILLOW HILL... YALE... 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 3917 8836 3894 8836 3894 8796 3918 8796 $$ GOETSCH
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 162213 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 512 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ILC079-162245- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-060416T2245Z/ JASPER- 512 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR JASPER COUNTY... AT 509 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELLIOTSTOWN. THIS TORNADO WAS ...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... NEWTON. HIDALGO. WILLOW HILL. OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...LATONA...GILA...ROSE HILL AND YALE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS TORNADO IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING INCREDIBLE DESTRUCTION. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. ACT QUICKLY YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3917 8836 3894 8836 3894 8796 3918 8796 $$ GOETSCH &
000 WWUS53 KILX 162222 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 520 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ILC079-162245- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-060416T2245Z/ JASPER- 520 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY... AT 517 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHEELER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. AT 520 PM...STATE POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR THE TOWN OF WHEELER. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... NEWTON. WILLOW HILL. OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...ROSE HILL AND YALE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS TORNADO IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING INCREDIBLE DESTRUCTION. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. ACT QUICKLY YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT. 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 3912 8834 3894 8836 3894 8796 3916 8797 $$ GOETSCH
000 WWUS53 KILX 162230 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 529 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ILC079-162245- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-060416T2245Z/ JASPER- 529 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY... AT 528 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS LOCATED TWO MILES WEST OF NEWTON. THE TORNADO THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... NEWTON. WILLOW HILL. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORK BENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY...AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3913 8826 3895 8832 3894 8796 3916 8797 $$ GOETSCH &
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, 3:46 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, 4:16 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, 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.