Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 11, 2006, 6:29 PM CST for Logan County, Menard County, Illinois. It was in force for 20 min. 2 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
- Mar 11, 2006, 6:29 PM CST (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2006, 6:49 PM CST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Logan County, IL, Menard County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 6:30 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Greenview, IL | POWER LINES DOWN FROM NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OF GREENVIEW. FROM SHERIFF. |
| Mar 11, 6:55 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E New Holland, IL | SILO BLOWN OVER WEST OF SUGAR CREEK. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KILX 120029
TORILX
ILC107-129-120100-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0006.060312T0029Z-060312T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
629 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NORTHEASTERN MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 700 PM CST
* AT 629 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF GREENVIEW...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW HOLLAND...
MIDDLETOWN...
HARTSBURG...
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 4011 8983 4000 8980 4016 8932 4030 8940
4017 8962
$$
SHIMON3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 120037
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
637 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
ILC107-129-120100-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060312T0100Z/
MENARD-LOGAN-
637 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN MENARD AND WESTERN LOGAN COUNTIES...
AT 634 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NEW HOLLAND...OR ABOUT NEAR MASON CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
NEW HOLLAND.
HARTSBURG.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY
BE ON THE GROUND...OR ONE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM
OR HALL ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4015 8971 4011 8967 4017 8935 4028 8940
4024 8958 4018 8961
$$
SHIMON000 WWUS53 KILX 120046 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 646 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ILC129-120056- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060312T0100Z/ MENARD- 646 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MENARD COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 639 PM CST...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 4022 8960 4012 8960 4016 8939 4028 8941 $$ ILC107-120100- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060312T0100Z/ LOGAN- 646 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY... AT 639 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW HOLLAND...OR ABOUT NEAR MASON CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... NEW HOLLAND. HARTSBURG. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR ONE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALL ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4022 8960 4012 8960 4016 8939 4028 8941 $$ SHIMON
000 WWUS53 KILX 120049 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 649 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ILC107-120059- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060312T0100Z/ LOGAN- 649 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 645 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LOGAN COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM. 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 4022 8960 4012 8960 4016 8939 4028 8941 $$ SHIMON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard, Sangamon | 59 min |
| Mar 11, 6:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 27 min |
| Mar 11, 6:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 39 min |
| Mar 11, 6:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 44 min |
| Mar 11, 7:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 48 min |
| Mar 11, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 65 min |
| Mar 11, 8:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 23 min |
| Mar 11, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 40 min |
| Mar 11, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Moultrie | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 12:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 1:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 42 min |
| Mar 12, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 3:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox, Stark | 43 min |
| Mar 12, 3:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 43 min |
| Mar 12, 3:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 33 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.