Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2007, 5:30 PM CDT for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 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, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Christian County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KILX 252230
TORILX
ILC021-252300-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0012.070425T2230Z-070425T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
530 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.
* AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EDINBURG...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
NORTH OF TAYLORVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STONINGTON...
MOUNT AUBURN...
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 3966 8942 3957 8932 3966 8903 3966 8915
3980 8915 3981 8923
$$
BARKER2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 252240
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
540 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007
ILC021-252300-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070425T2300Z/
CHRISTIAN-
540 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY...
AT 539 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A STORM CAPPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF STONINGTON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF
TAYLORVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
MOUNT AUBURN...
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...SHARPSBURG AND EDINBURG.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3966 8942 3957 8932 3966 8903 3966 8915
3980 8915 3981 8923
$$
BARKER000
WWUS53 KILX 252302
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
602 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007
ILC021-252312-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070425T2300Z/
CHRISTIAN-
602 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT
600 PM CDT...
AT 600 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.
LAT...LON 3966 8942 3957 8932 3966 8903 3966 8915
3980 8915 3981 8923
$$
BARKERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Sangamon, Shelby | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 35 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.