Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2007, 12:46 PM CDT for Clark County, Cumberland County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 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
- Apr 3, 2007, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2007, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clark County, IL, Cumberland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -399 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 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 031746 TORILX ILC023-035-031815- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0004.070403T1746Z-070403T1815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1246 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... WESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 115 PM CDT * AT 1246 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF MARTINSVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOLEDO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... UNION CENTER... MARTINSVILLE... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS. LAT...LON 3935 8821 3929 8819 3933 8786 3942 8789 $$ BARNES
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 031801 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 100 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ILC023-035-031815- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070403T1815Z/ CLARK-CUMBERLAND- 100 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR WESTERN CLARK AND NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES... AT 1255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR UNION CENTER...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOLEDO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... UNION CENTER... MARTINSVILLE... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3935 8821 3929 8819 3933 8786 3942 8789 $$ BARNES
000 WWUS53 KILX 031813 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 113 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ILC023-035-031823- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070403T1815Z/ CLARK-CUMBERLAND- 113 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN CLARK AND NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 115 PM CDT... AT 111 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 3935 8821 3929 8819 3933 8786 3942 8789 $$ BARNES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, McLean, Piatt | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 9:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Vermilion | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 10:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 10:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 10:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 11:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 11:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Moultrie, Piatt | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar | 65 min |
| Apr 3, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 12:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Richland | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 63 min |
| Apr 3, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 54 min |
Nearby
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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.