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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2006, 5:49 PM CDT for Clark County, Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 41 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 24, 2006, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clark County, IL, Edgar County, IL
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 242249 TORILX ILC023-045-242330- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0075.060524T2249Z-060524T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 549 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF KANSAS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KANSAS... BORTON... BROCTON... REDMON... CLARKSVILLE... HUME... METCALF... BELL RIDGE... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...CASEY...MARTINSVILLE... PALERMO...MARSHALL...OLIVER...PARIS...EDGAR...CHRISMAN...VERMILION AND SCOTTLAND. 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 3987 8794 3920 8801 3922 8763 3988 8754 $$ SMITH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 242303 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 603 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 ILC023-045-242330- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-060524T2330Z/ EDGAR-CLARK- 603 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EDGAR AND CLARK COUNTIES... AT 558 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KANSAS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... CLARKSVILLE. REDMON. OLIVER. MARSHALL. PARIS. VERMILION. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3987 8794 3920 8801 3922 8763 3988 8754 $$ SMITH
000 WWUS53 KILX 242316 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 616 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 ILC023-045-242330- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-060524T2330Z/ EDGAR-CLARK- 616 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EDGAR AND CLARK COUNTIES... AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REDMON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... PARIS. VERMILION. CHRISMAN. OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...EDGAR AND SCOTTLAND. 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 3987 8794 3920 8801 3922 8763 3988 8754 $$ SMITH
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, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 32 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, 5:57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.