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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2006, 5:38 PM CDT for Coles County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 22, 2006, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2006, 6:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Coles County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 5:46 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Mattoon, IL | ESTIMATED WIND GUST...REPORTED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER AT THE INTERSECTION OF IL ROUTE 16 AND I-57 |
| Jun 22, 5:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 3 Ne Mattoon, IL | REPORTED BY IL STATE POLICE 4 MILES N OF I-57 AND IL ROUTE 16 JCT |
| Jun 22, 5:49 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Trilla, IL | ESTIMATED WIND GUST...6 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN IN MANY LOCATIONS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 222237 TORILX ILC029-222315- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0079.060622T2238Z-060622T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 538 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 538 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LERNA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF MATTOON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHARLESTON... ASHMORE... 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 3952 8841 3937 8842 3940 8802 3960 8798 $$ SHIMON &
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 222245 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 545 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006 ILC029-222315- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-060622T2315Z/ COLES- 545 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN COLES COUNTY... AT 542 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LERNA...OR ABOUT NEAR MATTOON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... CHARLESTON. ASHMORE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3950 8835 3939 8831 3940 8802 3956 8799 $$ SHIMON &
000 WWUS53 KILX 222302 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 602 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006 ILC029-222312- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-060622T2315Z/ COLES- 602 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLES COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 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 3950 8835 3939 8831 3940 8802 3956 8799 $$ SHIMON
The 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, 8:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 12 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, 5:48 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.