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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 4:34 AM CDT for Coles County, Douglas County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 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
- Oct 18, 2007, 4:34 AM CDT (09:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2:01 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 180934 TORILX ILC029-041-181000- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0021.071018T0934Z-071018T1000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 434 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 500 AM CDT. * AT 434 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RARDIN...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MATTOON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RARDIN... HINDSBORO... OAKLAND... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS. LAT...LON 3977 8817 3968 8797 3946 8827 3953 8837 TIME...MOT...LOC 0934Z 217DEG 42KT 3954 8829 $$ SMITH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 180947 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 447 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 ILC029-041-181000- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-071018T1000Z/ COLES-DOUGLAS- 447 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHEASTERN COLES COUNTIES... AT 446 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO THREAT WAS LOCATED NEAR HINDSBORO...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUSCOLA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...OAKLAND. LAT...LON 3977 8817 3968 8797 3957 8817 3962 8829 TIME...MOT...LOC 0947Z 217DEG 42KT 3970 8814 $$ SMITH
000 WWUS53 KILX 180958 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 458 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 ILC029-041-181008- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-071018T1000Z/ COLES-DOUGLAS- 458 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHEASTERN COLES COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 500 AM CDT... AT 455 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3977 8817 3968 8797 3957 8817 3962 8829 TIME...MOT...LOC 0958Z 217DEG 42KT 3980 8804 $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 38 min |
| Oct 18, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 44 min |
| Oct 18, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland | 32 min |
| Oct 18, 4:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Shelby | 37 min |
| Oct 18, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 40 min |
| Oct 18, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 39 min |
| Oct 18, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 29 min |
| Oct 18, 5:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 32 min |
| Oct 18, 9:36 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 18, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby | 45 min |
| Oct 18, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, DeWitt, Macon, Piatt | 41 min |
| Oct 18, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 41 min |
| Oct 18, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Macon, Piatt | 35 min |
| Oct 18, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 42 min |
| Oct 18, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 43 min |
| Oct 18, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby | 41 min |
| Oct 18, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 40 min |
| Oct 18, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Moultrie | 40 min |
| Oct 18, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Vermilion | 34 min |
| Oct 18, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 48 min |
| Oct 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 32 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.