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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2008, 12:31 PM CDT for Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 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
- May 27, 2008, 12:31 PM CDT (17:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Richland County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 12:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Sse Olney, IL | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN A FIELD...NO DAMAGE. |
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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 271731 TORILX ILC159-271800- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0013.080527T1731Z-080527T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1231 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 100 PM CDT. * AT 1231 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALHOUN...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OLNEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CALHOUN... PARKERSBURG... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...CLAREMONT. 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 3858 8792 3858 8807 3870 8808 3872 8796 TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 334DEG 4KT 3868 8801 $$ MILLER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 271750 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1248 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008 ILC159-271800- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080527T1800Z/ RICHLAND- 1248 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY... AT 1246 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT THE FUNNEL CLOUD HAD DISSIPATED. HOWEVER...THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE PAST 25 MINUTES. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CALHOUN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OLNEY...MOVING SOUTH AT 7 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... CALHOUN... PARKERSBURG... BERRYVILLE... TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP VERY QUICKLY. BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3858 8792 3858 8807 3870 8808 3871 8798 TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 349DEG 6KT 3865 8803 $$ MILLER
000 WWUS53 KILX 271805 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 104 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008 ILC159-271814- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080527T1800Z/ RICHLAND- 104 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY EXPIRED AT 100 PM CDT... AT 103 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE DISSIPATED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3858 8792 3858 8807 3870 8808 3871 8798 TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 349DEG 6KT 3865 8803 $$ MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:20 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 1:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 5 hr |
| May 27, 6:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 3 hr |
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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.