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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2007, 5:55 PM CDT for Macon County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 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, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2007, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Macon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 252255 TORILX ILC115-252330- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0013.070425T2255Z-070425T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 555 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT. * AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLUE MOUND...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF TAYLORVILLE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BLUE MOUND... MACON... BOODY... 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 3965 8915 3966 8893 3980 8900 3981 8916 $$ BARKER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 252318 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 618 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ILC115-252330- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070425T2330Z/ MACON- 618 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MACON COUNTY... AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUE MOUND...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DECATUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... BOODY... MACON... BLUE MOUND... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3965 8915 3966 8893 3980 8900 3981 8916 $$ BARKER
000 WWUS53 KILX 252330 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 630 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ILC115-252340- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070425T2330Z/ MACON- 630 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MACON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 630 PM CDT... AT 626 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 3965 8915 3966 8893 3980 8900 3981 8916 $$ BARKER
The 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, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 30 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.