Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 78, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2006, 8:19 AM CDT for Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 12 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
- Jun 22, 2006, 8:19 AM CDT (13:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2006, 8:31 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Tazewell County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:20 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 W Mackinaw, IL | CIRCUS TENT PARTIALLY DOWN...REPORT FROM MACKINAW COOP |
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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1783 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KILX 221319
TORILX
ILC179-221345-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0078.060622T1319Z-060622T1345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
819 AM CDT THU JUN 22 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 845 AM CDT
* AT 819 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES
NORTHEAST OF TREMONT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF PEKIN...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DEER CREEK...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...MACKINAW.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 4062 8932 4062 8928 4047 8928 4045 8936
4044 8950 4060 8956 4063 8943 4063 8939
4065 8934
$$
BAK
&1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KILX 221331
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
831 AM CDT THU JUN 22 2006
ILC179-221341-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-060622T1345Z/
TAZEWELL-
831 AM CDT THU JUN 22 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
AT 829 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM. REMAIN
ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4062 8932 4062 8928 4047 8928 4045 8936
4044 8950 4060 8956 4063 8943 4063 8939
4065 8934
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 6:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 23 min |
| Jun 22, 7:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 11:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 19 min |
| Jun 22, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 13 min |
| Jun 22, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Coles, Moultrie, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Effingham | 6 hr |
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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.