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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2007, 4:24 PM CDT for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 min. 6 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, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2007, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Christian County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 4:44 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 Nw Morrisonville, IL | |
| Apr 25, 4:51 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Nw Palmer, IL | |
| Apr 25, 4:51 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Nw Palmer, IL | |
| Apr 25, 4:57 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nnw Palmer, IL | TREES DAMAGED |
| Apr 25, 5:08 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 S Kincaid, IL | |
| Apr 25, 5:08 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 S Kincaid, 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 252124 TORILX ILC021-252200- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0009.070425T2124Z-070425T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 424 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT. * AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF MORRISONVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VIRDEN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MORRISONVILLE... TAYLORVILLE... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ASSUMPTION AND PANA. 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. 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 3957 8954 3936 8953 3935 8903 3961 8904 $$ BARKER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 252150 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 449 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ILC021-252200- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070425T2200Z/ CHRISTIAN- 449 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY... AT 448 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF PALMER...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF TAYLORVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... TAYLORVILLE... WILLEYS... VANDERVILLE... OWANECO... ASSUMPTION... OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...PANA AND MORRISONVILLE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3957 8954 3936 8953 3935 8903 3961 8904 $$ BARKER
000 WWUS53 KILX 252205 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 503 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ILC021-252213- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070425T2200Z/ CHRISTIAN- 503 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY EXPIRED AT 500 PM CDT... ...A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 501 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3957 8954 3936 8953 3935 8903 3961 8904 $$ 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, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 30 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.