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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2006, 5:13 PM CDT for Moultrie County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 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
- May 24, 2006, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2006, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 5:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Sullivan, IL | TREES DOWN NEAR LAKE SHELBYVILLE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 1421 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 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 242212 TORILX ILC139-173-242245- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0073.060524T2213Z-060524T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 513 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS SOUTHERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KIRKSVILLE... WINDSOR... SULLIVAN... TROWBRIDGE... ALLENVILLE... GAYS... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...STRASBURG. 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 3958 8874 3925 8869 3927 8847 3966 8850 $$ SMITH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 242228 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 529 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 ILC139-173-242245- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-060524T2245Z/ MOULTRIE-SHELBY- 529 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN MOULTRIE AND EASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES... AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GAYS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF SULLIVAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR ONE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALL ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3958 8874 3925 8869 3927 8847 3966 8850 $$ SMITH
000 WWUS53 KILX 242243 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 543 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 ILC139-173-242253- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-060524T2245Z/ MOULTRIE-SHELBY- 543 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MOULTRIE AND EASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 545 PM CDT... AT 542 PM 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. 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 3958 8874 3925 8869 3927 8847 3966 8850 $$ HJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 46 min |
| May 24, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 46 min |
| May 24, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 50 min |
| May 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 49 min |
| May 24, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 34 min |
| May 24, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 43 min |
| May 24, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 50 min |
| May 24, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 46 min |
| May 24, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Shelby | 63 min |
| May 24, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 33 min |
| May 24, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Moultrie, Piatt | 56 min |
| May 24, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 32 min |
| May 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 31 min |
| May 24, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 54 min |
| May 24, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 66 min |
| May 24, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 36 min |
| May 24, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 59 min |
| May 24, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 36 min |
| May 24, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 55 min |
| May 24, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 41 min |
| May 24, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 18 min |
| May 24, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 46 min |
| May 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 30 min |
| May 24, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Jasper | 42 min |
| May 24, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 66 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.