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Tornado Warning 82, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2006, 5:14 PM CDT for Sangamon 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, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2006, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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, 10.2 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
- 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 192214 TORILX ILC167-192245- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0082.060719T2214Z-060719T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 514 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT. * AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHERMAN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPRINGFIELD... ROCHESTER... DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO..AS YOU MAY END UP DRIVING INTO THE PATH OF THE STORM. TAKE SHELTER IN 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. 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 3994 8960 3991 8974 3970 8960 3979 8940 $$ CHURCHILL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 192226 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 525 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006 ILC167-192245- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-060719T2245Z/ SANGAMON- 525 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL SANGAMON COUNTY... AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIVERTON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT USE A HIGHWAY OVERPASS AS SHELTER. WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN BISSELL VILLAGE... OR 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIVERTON. LAT...LON 3986 8953 3982 8966 3970 8960 3978 8942 $$ CHURCHILL
000 WWUS53 KILX 192243 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 542 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006 ILC167-192252- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-060719T2245Z/ SANGAMON- 542 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SANGAMON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 545 PM CDT... AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SANGAMON COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM. DAMAGE FROM THUNDERSTORM WINDS REMAINS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM. REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3986 8953 3982 8966 3970 8960 3978 8942 $$ CHURCHILL
The 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, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 31 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, 5:33 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.