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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 30, 2008Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2008, 6:59 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 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, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2008, 7:34 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 310000
TORILX
ILC183-310045-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0028.080530T2359Z-080531T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.

* AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF GEORGETOWN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CATLIN...
  GEORGETOWN...
  WESTVILLE...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT CIRCULATION THAN THE ONE TRACKING ACROSS THE
BROADLANDS TOWARD ALLERTON AREAS.

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 4011 8755 3996 8754 3994 8780 4004 8782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 264DEG 30KT 3997 8773

$$

CHURCHILL
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KILX 310019
SVSILX

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

ILC183-310045-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080531T0045Z/
VERMILION-
718 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY...

AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GEORGETOWN...OR
ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
    RURAL VERMILION COUNTY.

ANOTHER TORNADO CIRCULATION WAS NOTED IN THE SIDELL AREA...ALSO
MOVING EASTWARD ALONG THE VERMILION AND EDGAR COUNTY LINE.

LAT...LON 3996 8770 4003 8771 4009 8756 4005 8755
      4004 8754 4003 8755 4002 8754 3996 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 264DEG 30KT 3999 8764

$$

CHURCHILL
000 
WWUS53 KILX 310034
SVSILX

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

ILC183-310041-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080531T0045Z/
VERMILION-
731 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 726 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE GEORGETOWN STORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE IMMEDIATE VERMILION/EDGAR COUNTY
BORDER AREA AROUND RIDGE FARM UNTIL 8 PM.

LAT...LON 3996 8770 4003 8771 4009 8756 4005 8755
      4004 8754 4003 8755 4002 8754 3996 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 264DEG 30KT 4000 8750

$$

CHURCHILL

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, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean27 min
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

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.