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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2006, 2:33 PM CDT for Champaign County, Douglas County, Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 min. 4 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
- May 31, 2006, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2006, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Champaign County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Piatt County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:34 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 S Pesotum, IL | TORNADO SIGHTED JUST WEST OF INTERSTATE 57 NEAR MILE MARKER 217 BY STATE POLICE. |
| May 31, 2:34 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 N Tuscola, IL | TORNADO SIGHTED JUST WEST OF INTERSTATE 57 NEAR MILE MARKER 217 BY STATE POLICE. |
| May 31, 2:36 PM CDT | TORNADO | Sadorus, IL | TORNADO SIGHTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER. |
| May 31, 2:56 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Sadorus, IL | 2 FOOT DIAMETER TREES BLOWN DOWN. WITNESSED BY A SHERIFF DEPUTY. FROM COUNTY ESDA |
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 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 805 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 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 311933 TORILX ILC019-041-147-312015- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0077.060531T1933Z-060531T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 233 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SOUTHWESTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 233 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR SADORUS... OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF TUSCOLA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TOLONO... PESOTUM... PHILO... VILLA GROVE... LONGVIEW... 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 4004 8853 3980 8855 3981 8807 4008 8810 $$ BARKER &
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 311950 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 248 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006 ILC019-041-147-312015- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-060531T2015Z/ CHAMPAIGN-PIATT-DOUGLAS- 248 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHAMPAIGN...SOUTHEASTERN PIATT AND NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES... AT 247 PM CDT...THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TORNADOES ACROSS SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN AND NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES. TORNADOES WERE LOCATED NEAR SADORUS...AND NEAR PESOTUM...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... TOLONO. PESOTUM. SAVOY. PHILO. VILLA GROVE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORK BENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY...AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4004 8853 3980 8855 3981 8807 4008 8810 $$ BARKER &
000 WWUS53 KILX 312014 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 313 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006 ILC167-312023- /O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0186.000000T0000Z-060531T2015Z/ SANGAMON- 313 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SANGAMON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 315 PM CDT... AT 313 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 315 PM. 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 3982 8991 3959 8986 3961 8954 3984 8956 $$ KH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 43 min |
| May 31, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 38 min |
| May 31, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 4 hr |
| May 31, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| May 31, 4:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Douglas | 3 hr |
| May 31, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 55 min |
| May 31, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 54 min |
| May 31, 4:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Macon | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.