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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2006, 3:59 PM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 19, 2006, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2006, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Fulton County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 1900 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KILX 192059
TORILX
ILC057-192130-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0080.060719T2059Z-060719T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
359 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.
* AT 359 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES
EAST OF CANTON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL FULTON COUNTY...
DAMAGING HIGH WINDS ARE LIKELY FROM THIS LINE OF STORMS...WITH BRIEF
TORNADOES POSSIBLE ANYWHERE ALONG THE LINE. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN
A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR STURDY SHELTER.
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 4063 9000 4049 9006 4043 8995 4050 8989
4060 8988
$$
CHURCHILL2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 192115
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
415 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006
ILC057-192130-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-060719T2130Z/
FULTON-
415 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
FULTON COUNTY...
AT 410 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ST. DAVID...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 5 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
ST. DAVID.
DUNFERMLINE.
BANNER.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO...AS YOU MAY END UP
DRIVING INTO THE PATH OF THE STORM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT ON THE ROAD
WHEN A TORNADO THREATENS...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.
IF NONE IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT...AND
COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER OVERPASSES.
LAT...LON 4063 9000 4049 9006 4043 8995 4050 8989
4060 8988
$$
CHURCHILL000
WWUS53 KILX 192132
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
432 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006
ILC057-192142-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-060719T2130Z/
FULTON-
432 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN FULTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 430 PM
CDT...
AT 426 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM. REMAIN
ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 4063 9000 4049 9006 4043 8995 4050 8989
4060 8988
$$
CHURCHILLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 3:21 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ILX | Cass, Christian, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Schuyler and 1 more | 40 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Stark | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Woodford | 42 min |
| Jul 19, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, DeWitt, Fulton, Logan, McLean, Mason and 4 more | 67 min |
| Jul 19, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, DeWitt, Macon, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott | 65 min |
| Jul 19, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott, Shelby | 64 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.