Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Sep 30, 2007, 9:22 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 23 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
- Sep 30, 2007, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2007, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cass County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 2091 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 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 010223
TORILX
ILC017-137-169-171-010245-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0018.071001T0222Z-071001T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
922 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WESTERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.
* AT 922 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEREDOSIA...
BEARDSTOWN...
RUSHVILLE...
BLUFF SPRINGS...
ARENZVILLE...
BROWNING...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BLUFFS...NAPLES AND
VIRGINIA.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS
BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM...AND ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS SUPPORT THAT
ROTATION REACHING THE GROUND. 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 4015 9073 4021 9047 3994 9015 3969 9060
3972 9066 3983 9059 3988 9060 3992 9055
3997 9053 3997 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 228DEG 52KT 3993 9070
$$
SMITH2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 010234
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
934 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007
ILC017-137-169-171-010245-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071001T0245Z/
CASS-MORGAN-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-
934 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SCHUYLER...WESTERN CASS...NORTHWESTERN MORGAN AND
NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTIES...
AT 932 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO THREAT WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RIPLEY...OR ABOUT 8
MILES WEST OF BEARDSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
FREDERICK...
BLUFF SPRINGS...
BROWNING...
VIRGINIA...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD
TO SEE. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...AS IT MAY
BE TOO LATE. INSTEAD...TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. GO TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROON ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
LAT...LON 4015 9073 4021 9047 3994 9015 3969 9060
3972 9066 3983 9059 3988 9060 3992 9055
3997 9053 3997 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 228DEG 52KT 4000 9054
$$
SMITH000
WWUS53 KILX 010245
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
943 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007
ILC017-137-169-171-010253-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-071001T0245Z/
CASS-MORGAN-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-
943 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SCHUYLER...WESTERN CASS...
NORTHWESTERN MORGAN AND NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 945 PM
CDT...
AT 938 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS
THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
OF 50 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH 1015 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4015 9073 4021 9047 3994 9015 3969 9060
3972 9066 3983 9059 3988 9060 3992 9055
3997 9053 3997 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 228DEG 52KT 4008 9041
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Menard | 20 min |
| Sep 30, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 24 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.