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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2006, 5:54 PM CDT for Knox County, Peoria County, Stark County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2006, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2006, 6:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Knox County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Stark County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KILX 012254
TORILX
ILC095-143-175-012345-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0067.060501T2254Z-060501T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
554 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
EASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 554 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
WILLIAMSFIELD...OR ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF GALESBURG...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST JERSEY...
DUNCAN...
TOULON...
WYOMING...
CASTLETON...
BRADFORD...
LOMBARDVILLE...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ELMORE.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING IF POSSIBLE. IF
NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND
COVER YOUR HEAD.
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 4099 8966 4095 8994 4089 9004 4100 9014
4118 8979 4123 8968 4123 8965
$$
BAK
&2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 012319
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
619 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006
ILC095-143-175-012345-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-060501T2345Z/
STARK-PEORIA-KNOX-
619 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR STARK...
NORTHWESTERN PEORIA AND EASTERN KNOX COUNTIES...
AT 615 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST JERSEY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES
SOUTH OF KEWANEE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
TOULON.
WYOMING.
CASTLETON.
BRADFORD.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORK BENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY...AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4099 8966 4095 8994 4089 9004 4100 9014
4118 8979 4123 8968 4123 8965
$$
BAK
&000
WWUS53 KILX 012334
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
634 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006
ILC095-143-175-012344-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-060501T2345Z/
STARK-PEORIA-KNOX-
634 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR STARK...NORTHWESTERN PEORIA AND EASTERN
KNOX COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 631 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...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 4099 8966 4095 8994 4089 9004 4100 9014
4118 8979 4123 8968 4123 8965
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark | 93 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.