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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2007, 3:42 PM CDT for Coles County, Douglas County, Moultrie County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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
- Apr 25, 2007, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2007, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Moultrie County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 3:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | Coles, IL | TORNADO ON THE GROUND...NO DAMAGE...FROM TRAINED SPOTTER. |
| Apr 25, 3:47 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Nne Humboldt, IL | TORNADO TOUCHDOWN...NO DAMAGE...FROM TRAINED SPOTTER. |
| Apr 25, 4:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Hindsboro, IL | TORNADO ON THE GROUND...FROM TRAINED SPOTTER. |
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 252044 TORILX ILC029-041-139-252115- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0007.070425T2042Z-070425T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 342 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CENTRAL MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 415 PM CDT. * AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BOUNDARY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF TORNADIC STORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHELBYVILLE TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON. THIS BOUNDARY WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALLENVILLE... ASHMORE... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ARCOLA...ARTHUR...COOKS MILL...HINDSBORO...HUMBOLDT...LOVINGTON...OAKLAND AND RARDIN. 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. 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 3972 8866 3971 8797 3952 8795 3951 8866 $$ BARKER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 252059 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 357 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ILC029-041-139-252115- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070425T2115Z/ COLES-DOUGLAS-MOULTRIE- 357 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN DOUGLAS...CENTRAL MOULTRIE AND NORTHERN COLES COUNTIES... AT 353 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A BOUNDARY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF TORNADIC STORMS. THIS BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON TO SULLIVAN...AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... SULLIVAN... OAKLAND... HINDSBORO... ARCOLA... CHESTERVILLE... CADWELL... ARTHUR... LOVINGTON... OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...RARDIN...HUMBOLDT...COOKS MILL... COLES...ASHMORE AND ALLENVILLE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3972 8866 3971 8797 3952 8795 3951 8866 $$ BARKER
000 WWUS53 KILX 252118 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 417 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ILC029-041-139-252127- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070425T2115Z/ COLES-DOUGLAS-MOULTRIE- 417 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MOULTRIE EXPIRED AT 415 PM CDT... ...A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN COLES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 414 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3972 8866 3971 8797 3952 8795 3951 8866 $$ BARKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Sangamon, Shelby | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.