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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 30, 2008McLean County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2008, 3:03 PM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2008, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2008, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County McLean County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 1:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2008-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 57 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-05-30The 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
57 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-325 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1164 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KILX 302003
TORILX
ILC113-302030-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0014.080530T2003Z-080530T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
303 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT.

* AT 303 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TOWANDA...
  OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEXINGTON...
  COOKSVILLE...
  COLFAX...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 171 AND 177.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 4051 8846 4052 8889 4060 8891 4072 8859
      4069 8857 4065 8857 4063 8855 4063 8849
      4061 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 266DEG 28KT 4058 8884

$$

MILLER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KILX 302019
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
318 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

ILC113-302030-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-080530T2030Z/
MCLEAN-
318 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY...

AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF
COOKSVILLE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRBURY...MOVING EAST AT
37 MPH. AT 310 PM WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF TOWANDA.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  ANCHOR...
  CROPSEY...

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...PLEASANT HILL AND COLFAX.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 4052 8875 4065 8875 4072 8859 4069 8857
      4065 8857 4063 8855 4063 8849 4061 8846
      4051 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 267DEG 32KT 4058 8863

$$

MILLER
000 
WWUS53 KILX 302029
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
328 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

ILC113-302038-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-080530T2030Z/
MCLEAN-
328 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 330
PM CDT...

AT 328 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCLEAN COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4052 8875 4065 8875 4072 8859 4069 8857
      4065 8857 4063 8855 4063 8849 4061 8846
      4051 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 267DEG 32KT 4058 8851

$$

MILLER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 2:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXMcLean, Tazewell, Woodford4 hr
May 30, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion49 min
May 30, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCass, Mason, Menard31 min
May 30, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan, Scott50 min
May 30, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan24 min
May 30, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion12 min
May 30, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, Macon46 min
May 30, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass38 min
May 30, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan, Scott46 min
May 30, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, McLean, Piatt44 min
May 30, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon49 min
May 30, 5:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMcLean, Tazewell, Woodford3 hr
May 30, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign40 min
May 30, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan, Scott49 min
May 30, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion36 min
May 30, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Fulton, Mason, Morgan, Schuyler46 min
May 30, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Macon, Sangamon43 min
May 30, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean16 min
May 30, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion31 min
May 30, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon47 min
May 30, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.