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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2008, 6:58 PM CDT for Morgan County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min. 7 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, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2008, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Morgan County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:16 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | New Berlin, IL | |
| May 30, 7:18 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Sw Waverly, IL | DAMAGE TO 3 HOUSES...SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS AND GRAIN BINS. TREES UPROOTED. |
| May 30, 7:20 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 3 S New Berlin, IL | 3.25 INCH HAIL |
| May 30, 7:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 Wsw Auburn, IL | DAMAGE TO HOUSE...POLE BARN AND TREES |
| May 30, 7:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | Waverly, IL | TORNADO AT HIGHWAY 104...EAST OF WAVERLY...JUST WEST OF SANGAMON COUNTY LINE. |
| May 30, 7:28 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 N Waverly, IL | |
| May 30, 7:38 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 W Auburn, IL |
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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 302358 TORILX ILC137-167-310045- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0027.080530T2358Z-080531T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 658 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHWESTERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT. * AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES WEST OF WOODSON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FRANKLIN... ALEXANDER... WAVERLY... NEW BERLIN... LOAMI... AUBURN... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...MURRAYVILLE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 91. 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. LAT...LON 3984 8979 3953 8970 3953 9030 3980 9031 TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 265DEG 39KT 3962 9021 $$ MILLER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 310023 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 723 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 ILC137-167-310045- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080531T0045Z/ MORGAN-SANGAMON- 723 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN SANGAMON AND EASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES... AT 722 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WAVERLY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... LOAMI... FARMINGDALE... AUBURN... THAYER... CURRAN... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 91. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. LAT...LON 3984 8979 3953 8970 3953 9030 3980 9031 TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 265DEG 39KT 3961 8992 $$ MILLER
000 WWUS53 KILX 310048 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 746 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 ILC137-167-310056- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080531T0045Z/ MORGAN-SANGAMON- 746 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 745 PM CDT... A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN SANGAMON COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT. AT 745 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 WATACH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM...ADDITIONAL DEVLEOPMENT IS STILL POSSIBLE. SOUTHERN SANGAMON COUNTY IS STILL UNDER A TORNADO WARNING UNTIL 815 PM LAT...LON 3984 8979 3953 8970 3953 9030 3980 9031 TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 265DEG 39KT 3961 8992 $$ HARDIMAN
The 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, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Sangamon | 43 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, 6:59 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.