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Tornado Warning 83, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2006, 6:28 PM CDT for Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 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 26, 2006, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Piatt County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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 26, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 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 262328 TORILX ILC147-270000- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0083.060726T2328Z-060727T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 628 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT. * AT 628 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 8 MILES WEST OF BEMENT...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO SHOWS STRONG ROTATION IN THIS AREA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BEMENT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 3995 8875 3983 8874 3985 8847 4002 8847 $$ CHURCHILL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 262338 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 639 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 ILC147-270000- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-060727T0000Z/ PIATT- 639 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN PIATT COUNTY... AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF BEMENT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... BEMENT. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3995 8873 3985 8870 3985 8847 4002 8847 $$ CHURCHILL
000 WWUS53 KILX 262349 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 649 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 ILC147-270000- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-060727T0000Z/ PIATT- 649 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN PIATT COUNTY... AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF BEMENT...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... BEMENT. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3995 8873 3985 8870 3985 8847 4002 8847 $$ BARKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Piatt | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Macon, Piatt | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 29 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.