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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2006, 5:01 PM CDT for Effingham County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 min. 4 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, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Effingham County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Apr 16, 5:21 PM CDT | TORNADO | Teutopolis, IL | REPORTED BY COOP OBSERVER VIA POLICE RADIO BROADCAST WAS A REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN TEUTOPOLIS. A BUILDING IS REPORTED DAMAGED AND A GAS LEAK ALSO AT 700 BLOCK OF NORTH 200 STREET. |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 162200 TORILX ILC049-162230- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0053.060416T2201Z-060416T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 501 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 501 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...3 MILES NORTH OF ELLIOTSTOWN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EFFINGHAM... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...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 3917 8851 3898 8852 3898 8838 3916 8839 $$ GOETSCH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 162210 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 510 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ILC049-162230- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-060416T2230Z/ EFFINGHAM- 510 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR EASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY... AT 509 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELLIOTSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS TORNADO IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING INCREDIBLE DESTRUCTION. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. ACT QUICKLY YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3917 8851 3898 8852 3898 8838 3916 8839 $$ GOETSCH &
000 WWUS53 KILX 162231 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 531 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ILC049-162241- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-060416T2230Z/ EFFINGHAM- 531 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY EXPIRES AT 530 PM CDT... AT 528 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 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 3917 8851 3898 8852 3898 8838 3916 8839 $$ 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, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Jasper | 47 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.