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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 5:47 PM CDT for 6 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 18, 2007, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Champaign County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Macon County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 5:51 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bethany, IL | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN...IN ADDITION FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED |
| Oct 18, 6:19 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Champaign, IL | TREE BLOWN DOWN ON KIRBY STREET JUST WEST OF THE STADIUM. FROM WILL TV. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 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 182247 TORILX ILC019-041-115-139-147-173-182330- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0022.071018T2247Z-071018T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 547 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT. * AT 547 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF BETHANY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF SULLIVAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LOVINGTON... HAMMOND... ARTHUR... ATWOOD... BEMENT... TUSCOLA... PESOTUM... TOLONO... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...CHAMPAIGN...DALTON CITY... PHILO...SAVOY...SIDNEY AND URBANA. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS. LAT...LON 4021 8829 3998 8797 3952 8874 3966 8890 TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 226DEG 46KT 3964 8869 $$ GEELHART/BARKER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 182303 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 601 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 ILC115-173-182311- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071018T2330Z/ MACON-SHELBY- 601 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MACON AND NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. LAT...LON 3960 8860 3973 8874 4021 8829 3998 8797 TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 226DEG 46KT 3976 8852 $$ ILC019-041-139-147-182330- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071018T2330Z/ CHAMPAIGN-DOUGLAS-MOULTRIE-PIATT- 601 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN...SOUTHEASTERN PIATT...NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN MOULTRIE COUNTIES... AT 556 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION. THIS TORNADO THREAT WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF LOVINGTON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF SULLIVAN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AT BETHANY AT 551 PM. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... BOURBON... IVESDALE... TUSCOLA... PESOTUM... SADORUS... PHILO... TOLONO... SAVOY... SIDNEY... CHAMPAIGN... URBANA... ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 3960 8860 3973 8874 4021 8829 3998 8797 TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 226DEG 46KT 3976 8852 $$ GEELHART/BARKER
000
WWUS53 KILX 182319
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
618 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
ILC139-147-182328-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071018T2330Z/
MOULTRIE-PIATT-
618 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PIATT AND NORTHERN MOULTRIE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.
LAT...LON 3975 8835 3985 8848 3987 8847 4021 8829
3998 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 226DEG 46KT 3988 8835
$$
ILC019-041-182330-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071018T2330Z/
CHAMPAIGN-DOUGLAS-
618 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
CHAMPAIGN AND NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...
AT 615 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO THREAT WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUSCOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
PESOTUM...
TOLONO...
PHILO...
SAVOY...
SIDNEY...
URBANA...
CHAMPAIGN...
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...SADORUS.
ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA.
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 3975 8835 3985 8848 3987 8847 4021 8829
3998 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 226DEG 46KT 3988 8835
$$
GEELHART/BARKERThe 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, 4:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 26 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, 5:49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.