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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2007, 3:19 PM CDT for DeWitt County, Logan County, McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 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
- Mar 28, 2007, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2007, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties DeWitt County, IL, Logan County, IL, McLean County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:19 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Mclean, IL | PUBLIC REPORT VIA EMERGENCY MANAGER OF BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT MILEPOST 143 ON INTERSTATE 55. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 282021 TORILX ILC039-107-113-282045- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0003.070328T2019Z-070328T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 319 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 319 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCLEAN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN... MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. ADDITIONAL BRIEF TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WAPELLA... ATLANTA... WAYNESVILLE... CLINTON... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...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. 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 4009 8890 4019 8881 4041 8920 4028 8932 $$ BARKER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 282031 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 330 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 ILC039-107-113-282045- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070328T2045Z/ DE WITT-LOGAN-MCLEAN- 330 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MCLEAN...NORTHEASTERN LOGAN AND WESTERN DE WITT COUNTIES... AT 324 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MCLEAN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... WAPELLA... MCLEAN... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4009 8890 4019 8881 4041 8920 4028 8932 $$ BARKER
000 WWUS53 KILX 282046 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 346 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 ILC039-107-113-282056- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070328T2045Z/ DE WITT-LOGAN-MCLEAN- 346 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MCLEAN...NORTHEASTERN LOGAN AND WESTERN DE WITT COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 345 PM CDT... AT 341 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4009 8890 4019 8881 4041 8920 4028 8932 $$ BARKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 6:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Macon | 3 hr |
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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.