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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2007, 4:15 PM CDT for Coles County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 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
- Apr 25, 2007, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2007, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 4:33 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Camargo, IL |
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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 252117 TORILX ILC029-041-045-252145- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0008.070425T2115Z-070425T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 415 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... DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CENTRAL EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT. * AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BOUNDARY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF TORNADIC STORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ARCOLA TO 7 MILES EAST OF PARIS. THIS BOUNDARY IS NEARLY STATIONARY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HINDSBORO... BROCTON... TUSCOLA... CAMARGO... NEWMAN... HUME... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...HUMBOLDT...KANSAS... OAKLAND...RARDIN AND REDMON. 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. 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 3956 8837 3954 8754 3978 8753 3983 8837 $$ BARKER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 252134 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 432 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ILC029-041-045-252145- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070425T2145Z/ COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- 432 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL EDGAR...DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN COLES COUNTIES... AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A BOUNDARY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STORMS WITH BRIEF TORNADOES. THIS BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ARCOLA TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF VERMILION. THIS BOUNDARY WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... REDMON... BORTON... HINDSBORO... BROCTON... TUSCOLA... EDGAR... CAMARGO... MURDOCK... OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...RARDIN...PARIS...OAKLAND... NEWMAN...METCALF...HUME AND HUMBOLDT. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3956 8837 3954 8754 3978 8753 3983 8837 $$ BARKER
000 WWUS53 KILX 252147 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 445 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ILC029-041-045-252155- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070425T2145Z/ COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- 445 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL EDGAR COUNTY EXPIRES AT 445 PM CDT... ...A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN COLES COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 444 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE REMAINED EAST OF EDGAR COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3956 8837 3954 8754 3978 8753 3983 8837 $$ 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, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie | 33 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.