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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2008, 9:22 AM CDT for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 min. 2 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
- May 2, 2008, 9:22 AM CDT (14:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2008, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Christian County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 9:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Taylorville, IL | TREE OF UNKNOWN SIZE UPROOTED |
| May 2, 9:45 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Assumption, IL | TREE AND POWERLINES DOWN IN ASSUMPTION |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 146 days |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 729 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KILX 021423
TORILX
ILC021-021445-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0012.080502T1422Z-080502T1445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
922 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 945 AM CDT.
* AT 922 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 1 MILE
NORTH OF FARMERSVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TAYLORVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINCAID...
TAYLORVILLE...
EDINBURG...
STONINGTON...
ASSUMPTION...
MOUNT AUBURN...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...PANA.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS
BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM...AND ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS SUPPORT THAT
ROTATION REACHING THE GROUND. 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 3936 8903 3936 8954 3954 8955 3964 8953
3979 8921 3965 8915 3965 8904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1422Z 220DEG 51KT 3948 8945
$$
BARKER2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 021432
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
932 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
ILC021-021445-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080502T1445Z/
CHRISTIAN-
932 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR CHRISTIAN
COUNTY...
AT 929 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO THREAT WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF TAYLORVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
WILLEYS...
PANA...
STONINGTON...
ASSUMPTION...
MOUNT AUBURN...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3936 8903 3936 8954 3954 8955 3964 8953
3979 8921 3965 8915 3965 8904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1432Z 241DEG 34KT 3955 8928
$$
BARKER000
WWUS53 KILX 021445
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
945 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
ILC021-021455-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080502T1445Z/
CHRISTIAN-
945 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 945 AM CDT...
AT 940 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS
THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3936 8903 3936 8954 3954 8955 3964 8953
3979 8921 3965 8915 3965 8904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1445Z 241DEG 34KT 3961 8914
$$
BARKERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 18 min |
| May 2, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 23 min |
| May 2, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 40 min |
| May 2, 10:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby | 42 min |
| May 2, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Piatt | 43 min |
| May 2, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 46 min |
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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.