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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 25, 2007Coles County, Douglas County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2007, 4:44 PM CDT for Coles County, Douglas 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
Apr 25, 2007, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2007, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 64 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2007-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2007-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KILX 252144
TORILX
ILC029-041-252215-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0010.070425T2144Z-070425T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
444 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.

* AT 444 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF
  HUMBOLDT...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MATTOON...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ARCOLA...
  HINDSBORO...
  RARDIN...
  OAKLAND...
  TUSCOLA...
  CAMARGO...
  NEWMAN...

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.

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 3956 8837 3955 8798 3981 8797 3983 8836

$$

BARKER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KILX 252159
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
458 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007

ILC029-041-252215-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070425T2215Z/
COLES-DOUGLAS-
458 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR DOUGLAS
AND NORTHERN COLES COUNTIES...

AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF
HUMBOLDT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  RARDIN...
  HINDSBORO...
  CAMARGO...
  MURDOCK...
  TUSCOLA...
  OAKLAND...
  NEWMAN...

LAT...LON 3956 8837 3955 8798 3981 8797 3983 8836

$$
000 
WWUS53 KILX 252213
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
513 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007

ILC029-041-252223-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070425T2215Z/
COLES-DOUGLAS-
513 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN COLES COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 515 PM CDT...

AT 509 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS
THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3956 8837 3955 8798 3981 8797 3983 8836

$$

BARKER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Sangamon, Shelby48 min
Apr 25, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningILXColes, Douglas, Moultrie33 min
Apr 25, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningILXColes, Douglas, Edgar30 min
Apr 25, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian36 min
Apr 25, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian34 min
Apr 25, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian30 min
Apr 25, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon35 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.