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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2006, 12:34 AM CDT for DeWitt County, Macon County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 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
- Apr 19, 2006, 12:34 AM CDT (05:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2006, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties DeWitt County, IL, Macon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 12:35 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Rowell, IL | REPORT FROM EMERGENCY MANAGER |
| Apr 19, 12:35 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Rowell, IL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 190534 TORILX ILC039-115-190600- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0065.060419T0534Z-060419T0600Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1234 AM CDT WED APR 19 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS NORTHERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 100 AM CDT * AT 1234 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HALLSVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF LINCOLN... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KENNEY... HALLSVILLE... ROWELL... CLINTON... MAROA... LANE... DE WITT... 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 4021 8916 4001 8915 4002 8881 4021 8877 $$ SMITH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 190550 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1250 AM CDT WED APR 19 2006 ILC039-115-190600- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-060419T0600Z/ MACON-DE WITT- 1250 AM CDT WED APR 19 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN MACON AND CENTRAL DE WITT COUNTIES... AT 1246 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROWELL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... LANE. DE WITT. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4019 8906 4002 8907 4002 8881 4021 8877 $$ SMITH
000 WWUS53 KILX 190609 RRA SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 109 AM CDT WED APR 19 2006 ILC039-115-190619- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-060419T0600Z/ MACON-DE WITT- 109 AM CDT WED APR 19 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MACON AND CENTRAL DE WITT COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 100 AM CDT... AT 103 AM 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. 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 4019 8906 4002 8907 4002 8881 4021 8877 $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Jasper | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 62 min |
| Apr 18, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 59 min |
| Apr 18, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford | 56 min |
| Apr 19, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 12:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland | 58 min |
| Apr 19, 12:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon, Piatt | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 56 min |
| Apr 19, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 40 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.