Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2007

Tornado Warning 23, NWS Lincoln, IL

October 18, 20074 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 5:49 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2007, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 18, 6:02 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 74Cowden, IL

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 18, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2007-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2007-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 282 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KILX 182249
TORILX
ILC029-035-049-173-182330-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0023.071018T2249Z-071018T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
549 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT.

* AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BEECHER CITY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  VANDALIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEECHER CITY...
  COWDEN...
  ALTAMONT...
  SHUMWAY...
  EFFINGHAM...
  STEWARDSON...
  TEUTOPOLIS...
  NEOGA...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...MATTOON AND WINDSOR.

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 SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 3919 8835 3891 8881 3891 8882 3921 8882
      3922 8901 3945 8864 3945 8848 3947 8847
      3949 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 236DEG 42KT 3915 8890

$$

HUETTL
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KILX 182310
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
610 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

ILC029-035-049-173-182330-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-071018T2330Z/
COLES-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-SHELBY-
610 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY...WESTERN CUMBERLAND...NORTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM AND
SOUTHWESTERN COLES COUNTIES...

AT 605 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO THREAT WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF BEECHER CITY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF 
SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALTAMONT MOAVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH TOWARD EFFINGHAM.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  STRASBURG...
  SIGEL...
  TROWBRIDGE...
  WINDSOR...
  NEOGA...
  PARADISE...
  MATTOON...
  TRILLA...

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...TEUTOPOLIS...STEWARDSON...
SHUMWAY...MOCCASIN...HERRICK...EFFINGHAM...COWDEN...CLARKSBURG AND
ALTAMONT.

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 3919 8835 3891 8881 3891 8882 3921 8882
      3922 8901 3945 8864 3945 8848 3947 8847
      3949 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 232DEG 43KT 3929 8870

$$

HUETTL
000 
WWUS53 KILX 182334
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
630 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

ILC035-049-173-182340-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-071018T2330Z/
COLES-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-SHELBY-
630 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY...WESTERN 
CUMBERLAND...AND NORTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 630 PM 
CDT...

AT 629 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  COLES COUNTY 
REMAINS IN ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING UNTIL 7 PM.  

LAT...LON 3919 8835 3891 8881 3891 8882 3921 8882
      3922 8901 3945 8864 3945 8848 3947 8847
      3949 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 232DEG 43KT 3943 8845

$$

HUETTL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott38 min
Oct 18, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon44 min
Oct 18, 3:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland32 min
Oct 18, 4:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland, Shelby37 min
Oct 18, 4:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland40 min
Oct 18, 4:34 AM CDTTornado WarningILXColes, Douglas26 min
Oct 18, 4:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion39 min
Oct 18, 4:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Edgar29 min
Oct 18, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion32 min
Oct 18, 9:36 AM CDTWind AdvisoryILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more6 hr
Oct 18, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby45 min
Oct 18, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, DeWitt, Macon, Piatt41 min
Oct 18, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon41 min
Oct 18, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Macon, Piatt35 min
Oct 18, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby42 min
Oct 18, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby43 min
Oct 18, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt40 min
Oct 18, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningILXColes, Cumberland, Douglas, Moultrie40 min
Oct 18, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Vermilion34 min
Oct 18, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXColes, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion48 min
Oct 18, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion32 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2007Every tornado warning in 2007Tornadoes in 2007

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.