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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2006, 5:43 PM CDT for Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 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, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Edgar County, IL
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 6:17 PM CDT | TORNADO | Redmon, IL | TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED BY EOC IN REDMON. |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 162243 TORILX ILC045-162330- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0056.060416T2243Z-060416T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 543 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BORTON...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BORTON... REDMON... BROCTON... PARIS... EDGAR... CHRISMAN... SCOTTLAND... 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 3976 8797 3959 8797 3961 8754 3983 8755 $$ BARNES
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KILX 162305
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
605 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
ILC045-162330-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-060416T2330Z/
EDGAR-
605 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
EDGAR COUNTY...
AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR REDMON...OR ABOUT
8 MILES WEST OF PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
PARIS.
CHRISMAN.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...EDGAR AND SCOTTLAND.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORK BENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY...AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3976 8797 3959 8797 3958 8784 3961 8754
3983 8755
$$
BARNESThe 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, 5:01 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, 5:45 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.