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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Lincoln, IL

October 18, 20074 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 6:20 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 40 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, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired: Oct 18, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Moultrie County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 18, 6:42 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mattoon, IL	NUMEROUS 5 INCH TREE BRANCHES DOWN AND ONE CAR DAMAGED FROM TREE BRANCH.
Oct 18, 7:01 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	Oakland, 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.

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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 71 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 182320
TORILX
ILC029-035-041-139-190000-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0024.071018T2320Z-071019T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

* AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
  NEOGA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEOGA...
  MATTOON...
  LERNA...
  ALLENVILLE...
  JANESVILLE...
  COOKS MILL...
  HUMBOLDT...
  CHARLESTON...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ARCOLA...ASHMORE...
CAMARGO...HINDSBORO...NEWMAN...OAKLAND...RARDIN...TUSCOLA AND VILLA
GROVE.

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 3934 8801 3927 8847 3945 8848 3951 8862
      3975 8836 3988 8814 3988 8811 3979 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 232DEG 51KT 3938 8854

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 182336
SVSILX

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

ILC029-035-041-139-190000-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-071019T0000Z/
COLES-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-MOULTRIE-
636 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
DOUGLAS...SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE...NORTHERN CUMBERLAND AND COLES
COUNTIES...

AT 633 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO THREAT WAS
LOCATED NEAR MATTOON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  UNION CENTER...
  CHARLESTON...
  ARCOLA...
  HUTTON...
  RARDIN...
  OAKLAND...
  ASHMORE...
  HINDSBORO...
  CAMARGO...
  NEWMAN...

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...VILLA GROVE...TRILLA...PARADISE...
NEOGA...MURDOCK...LERNA...JANESVILLE...HUMBOLDT...GAYS...COOKS
MILL...COLES...CHESTERVILLE AND ALLENVILLE.

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 3934 8801 3927 8847 3945 8848 3951 8862
      3975 8836 3988 8814 3988 8811 3979 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 237DEG 47KT 3948 8831

$$

HUETTL

000 
WWUS53 KILX 182346
SVSILX

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

ILC035-139-182355-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-071019T0000Z/
CUMBERLAND-MOULTRIE-
645 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE AND NORTHERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 643 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 IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. 

LAT...LON 3943 8802 3943 8831 3952 8838 3959 8841
      3975 8836 3988 8814 3988 8811 3979 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 232DEG 43KT 3951 8821

$$

ILC029-041-190000-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-071019T0000Z/
COLES-DOUGLAS-
645 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR DOUGLAS
AND COLES COUNTIES...

AT 643 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO THREAT WAS
LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  RARDIN...
  ASHMORE...
  OAKLAND...
  HINDSBORO...
  NEWMAN...
  MURDOCK...
  CAMARGO...
  VILLA GROVE...

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...HUMBOLDT AND ARCOLA.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS
BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. 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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. 


LAT...LON 3943 8802 3943 8831 3952 8838 3959 8841
      3975 8836 3988 8814 3988 8811 3979 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 232DEG 43KT 3951 8821

$$

HUETTL

000 
WWUS53 KILX 190001
SVSILX

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

ILC029-041-190009-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-071019T0000Z/
COLES-DOUGLAS-
659 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST DOUGLAS AND CENTRAL 
AND SOUTHWEST COLES COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 700 PM CDT...

AT 657 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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. 

LAT...LON 3943 8802 3943 8831 3952 8838 3959 8841
      3975 8836 3988 8814 3988 8811 3979 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 232DEG 43KT 3961 8804

$$

HUETTL

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, 4:34 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, 5:47 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, 6:26 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.