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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2008, 6:32 PM CDT for Christian County, Macon County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 min. 3 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 30, 2008, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2008, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Christian County, IL, Macon County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:33 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 E Mechanicsburg, IL | |
| May 30, 6:42 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Mount Auburn, IL | |
| May 30, 7:19 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Boody, IL | TREE UPROOTED AND SOME LARGE LIMBS DOWN. |
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 |
| May 30, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 302332 TORILX ILC021-115-167-310015- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0025.080530T2332Z-080531T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 632 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... EASTERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... WESTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT. * AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF ROCHESTER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MECHANICSBURG... MOUNT AUBURN... ILLIOPOLIS... NIANTIC... HARRISTOWN... BLUE MOUND... MACON... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...RIVERTON. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 138. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO..AS YOU MAY END UP DRIVING INTO THE PATH OF THE STORM. TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. IF NONE IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER OVERPASSES. 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 3994 8902 3969 8899 3972 8954 3986 8955 TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 264DEG 22KT 3978 8951 $$ MILLER
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 302351
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
650 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
ILC021-115-167-310015-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080531T0015Z/
CHRISTIAN-MACON-SANGAMON-
650 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MACON...EASTERN SANGAMON AND NORTHERN CHRISTIAN
COUNTIES...
AT 649 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE ROTATION WAS LOCATED
2 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT AUBURN...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF DECATUR...
MOVING EAST AT 51 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
HARRISTOWN...
BOODY...
MACON...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 137.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
LAT...LON 3972 8938 3978 8935 3987 8940 3994 8902
3969 8899
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 262DEG 44KT 3980 8916
$$
MILLER000
WWUS53 KILX 310018
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
717 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
ILC021-115-167-310027-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080531T0015Z/
CHRISTIAN-MACON-SANGAMON-
717 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MACON...EASTERN SANGAMON AND
NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 715 PM CDT...
AT 712 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR MACON
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3972 8938 3978 8935 3987 8940 3994 8902
3969 8899
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 262DEG 44KT 3980 8914
$$
MILLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 4 hr |
| May 30, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 27 min |
| May 30, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 49 min |
| May 30, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard | 31 min |
| May 30, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 50 min |
| May 30, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 24 min |
| May 30, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 12 min |
| May 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon | 46 min |
| May 30, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 38 min |
| May 30, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 46 min |
| May 30, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, McLean, Piatt | 44 min |
| May 30, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 49 min |
| May 30, 5:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 3 hr |
| May 30, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 40 min |
| May 30, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 49 min |
| May 30, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 36 min |
| May 30, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Morgan, Schuyler | 46 min |
| May 30, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 16 min |
| May 30, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 31 min |
| May 30, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 47 min |
| May 30, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 35 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.