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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2006, 5:56 PM CDT for Iroquois County, Illinois. It was in force for 64 min. 2 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
- Apr 16, 2006, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Iroquois County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 6:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Nw Martinton, IL | WEST OF INTERSECTION OF IL1 AND COUNTY ROAD 2900N. |
| Apr 16, 6:56 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw Beaverville, IL | BREIF TOUCHDOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 24 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 841 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -218 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLOT 162257
TORLOT
ILC075-170000-
/O.NEW.KLOT.TO.W.0018.060416T2256Z-060417T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
556 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 553 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG ROTATION IN A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEAR CRESCENT CITY..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
MARTINTON BY 620 PM CDT...
PAPINEAU BY 630 PM CDT...
BEAVERVILLE BY 635 PM CDT...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4092 8795 4075 8786 4082 8754 4101 8754
4101 8777
$$
KREIN2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLOT 162315
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
614 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
ILC075-170000-
/O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060417T0000Z/
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
IROQUOIS COUNTY...
AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MARTINTON...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF WATSEKA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MARTINTON... AND PAPINEAU BY 620 PM...
BEAVERVILLE...DONOVAN... AND 7 MILES NORTH OF IROQUOIS BY 630
PM...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO..THIS. STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN A STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM SUNDAY EVENING FOR
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4092 8795 4075 8786 4082 8754 4101 8754
4101 8777
$$
KREIN000
WWUS53 KLOT 162330
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
628 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
ILC099-162338-
/O.EXP.KLOT.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-060416T2330Z/
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LA SALLE COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 630 PM CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND WERE
NO LONGER SEVERE. THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
ACROSS NORTHWEST LA SALLE COUNTY...AND MAY PRODUCE SMALL
HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM SUNDAY EVENING FOR
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4161 8917 4131 8917 4132 8886 4163 8888
4163 8905
$$
RATZERWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 16, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 310 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 .DISCUSSION FOR AFTERNOON GRIDS/ZONES... SEVERE WX HAS BEEN FOCUS THROUGH THE DAY AS LOW NOW OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAS MOVED EAST SOUTHEAST TODAY. INITIAL THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING FORMED NORTH OF EAST-WEST WARM FRONT JUST SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA. THUNDERSTORMS FORMED BANDS AROUND UPPER LOW AND INTENSIFIED RAPIDLY THROUGH THE MORNING. MAIN WX WAS HAIL WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PEA SIZE AND SOME MARBLE SIZE. WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING AS STRONG DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH H5 LOW COMBINE WITH UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALONG WARM FRONT. AS LOW PASSES THIS EVENING CHARACTER OF PRECIP SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN/SHOWERS BEFORE ENDING BEFORE MORNING. SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS BACK ACROSS THE UPPER LAKES FROM THE NORTHEAST MONDAY. NEXT WX ARRIVES TUESDAY NIGHT AS PAC NORTHWEST TROUGH MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN US AND CLOSES OFF. SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS ON NORTHERN PLAINS WITH BROADLY ARCED COLD FRONT WLL OUT AHEAD OF SYSTEM. FROPA SHOULD OCCUR EARLY/MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. SURFACE/UPPER LOW IS SLOW TO FOLLOW. THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM THE DAKOTAS AND ARE SLOW TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LEADING TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF CHANCE OF RAIN...THROUGH LATE FRIDAY. WEEKEND APPEARS DRY AT THIS TIME. TEMPS WILL BE ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS NEXT TWO DAYS THEN DROP TO AROUND SEASONAL VALUES WITH FROPA WEDNESDAY. A LITTLE DAY TO DAY WARMING OCCURS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MINS THROUGH PERIOD WILL HOVER AROUND NORMS. RS && .AVIATION DISCUSSION FOR 12Z TAFS... 650 AM CDT MORNING PROFILERS SHOWING SW 35KT JET PUNCHING INTO NRN IL ACROSS SURFACE WARM FRONT. FRONT EXTENDS ESE FROM SFC LOW ON NEB/IA BORDER TO CENTRAL IL. ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY THIS MORNING. WILL CARRY VCTS THROUGH MORNING HOURS. AS SFC LOW DRIFTS ESE INTO CENTRAL IL ENE WINDS SHOULD PICK UP AND WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDER IS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. THUNDER THREAT QUICKLY DIMINISHED THIS EVENING AS LOW PASSES SOUTH OF TERMINALS AND SFC WINDS BECOME MORE NELY. ALLSOPP && .LOT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .IL...NONE. .IN...NONE. .LM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 4:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 400 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011- 019-170930- WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DU PAGE-COOK- LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD- LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- 400 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 THIS PORTION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE... TONIGHT THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ACROSS ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF THE ILLINOIS AND KANKAKEE RIVERS MAY ALSO POSSIBLY PRODUCE A TORNADO. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS THROUGH 9PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (LOWER CASE) LMZ740>745-766-170930- WINTHROP HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN- LAKE MICHIGAN- 400 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 THIS PORTION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE... TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL CAUSE WAVES TO BUILD TO 4 TO 6 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (LOWER CASE) HANDEL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 16, 12:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1241 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1225 PM HAIL STILLMAN VALLEY 42.10N 89.18W
04/16/2006 E1.00 INCH OGLE IL EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
BNLocal storm report, Apr 16, 12:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1244 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1242 PM HAIL AURORA 41.77N 88.29W
04/16/2006 E1.75 INCH KANE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
BNLocal storm report, Apr 16, 1:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
145 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0137 PM HAIL LOVES PARK 42.34N 89.01W
04/16/2006 E0.88 INCH WINNEBAGO IL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BNLocal storm report, Apr 16, 1:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
154 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0149 PM HAIL JOLIET 41.53N 88.12W
04/16/2006 E0.75 INCH WILL IL NWS EMPLOYEE
WEST SIDE OF JOLIET - MARBLE TO PENNY SIZE HAIL COVERING
GROUND.
&&
BNLocal storm report, Apr 16, 5:40 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
540 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0447 PM TORNADO PIPER CITY 40.76N 88.19W
04/16/2006 FORD IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN PIPER CITY AT US24.
&&
BNLocal storm report, Apr 16, 5:52 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
552 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0433 PM FLOOD 4 E STREATOR 41.13N 88.75W
04/16/2006 LA SALLE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 18 CLOSED WITH WATER OVER HIGHWAY.
0442 PM FLOOD BEECHER 41.35N 87.61W
04/16/2006 WILL IL TRAINED SPOTTER
BEECHER RD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING - OTHER ROADS UNDER
WATER.
0500 PM FLOOD CHATSWORTH 40.75N 88.29W
04/16/2006 LIVINGSTON IL CO-OP OBSERVER
2.70 INCHES RAINFALL IN ONE HOUR - STREET FLOODING
0500 PM FLOOD MARSEILLES 41.33N 88.69W
04/16/2006 LA SALLE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
STREET FLOODING
&&
BNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ogle | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 7:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 63 min |
| Apr 16, 7:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 11:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lee, Ogle | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kankakee, Livingston, Will | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee, Will | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Ogle, Winnebago | 54 min |
| Apr 16, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DuPage, Kane, Will | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 12:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 115 min | |
| Apr 16, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Will | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Will | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Livingston | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 66 min |
| Apr 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.