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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 12, 2006Knox County, Stark County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 3:17 PM CST for Knox County, Stark County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 min. 3 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 12, 2006, 3:17 PM CST (21:17 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2006, 4:00 PM CST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Knox County, IL, Stark County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12, 3:41 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	Toulon, IL
Mar 12, 3:44 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	Bradford, IL
Mar 12, 3:51 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	4 S Wyoming, IL	RELAYED VIA PEORIA CITY EOC.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 94 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KILX 122117
TORILX
ILC095-175-122200-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0007.060312T2117Z-060312T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
317 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  EASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 317 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...5 MILES WEST
  OF DAHINDA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF GALESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WEST JERSEY...
  LA FAYETTE...
  TOULON...
  WYOMING...
  BRADFORD...
  CASTLETON...

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 4110 8965 4100 8966 4099 8969 4099 8999
      4090 9001 4088 9008 4089 9013 4101 9023
      4103 9023 4121 8966

$$

BARNES

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 122133
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
333 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

ILC095-122143-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060312T2200Z/
KNOX-
333 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN KNOX COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 326 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 4121 8966 4110 8965 4108 8966 4101 8966
      4100 8969 4100 8999 4110 8999 4112 8997

$$

ILC175-122200-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060312T2200Z/
STARK-
333 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR STARK
COUNTY...

AT 326 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST JERSEY...OR
ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF KEWANEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  CASTLETON.
  BRADFORD.

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 4121 8966 4110 8965 4108 8966 4101 8966
      4100 8969 4100 8999 4110 8999 4112 8997

$$

BARNES

000 
WWUS53 KILX 122158
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
359 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

ILC175-122209-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060312T2200Z/
STARK-
359 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR STARK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 400 PM CST...

AT 353 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 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 4121 8966 4110 8965 4108 8966 4101 8966
      4100 8969 4100 8999 4110 8999 4112 8997

$$

BARKER

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, 6:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Logan, Menard	20 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, 3:47 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.