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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 27, 2008Richland County, Illinois

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 12:40 PM CDTTORNADO5 Sse Olney, ILBRIEF 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 3:20 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryILXClark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 2 more6 hr
May 27, 1:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXLawrence, Richland5 hr
May 27, 6:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXCrawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland3 hr

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.