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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 30, 2008Christian County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2008, 7:52 PM CDT for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 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, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Christian County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 30, 7:55 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Taylorville, IL	NEAR ROUTE 29 AND ROUTE 104
May 30, 8:01 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 S Taylorville, IL	FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN HEWITTSVILLE
May 30, 8:20 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 S Taylorville, IL	TORNADO AT CHEROKEE STREET AND ROUTE 48...DUE SOUTH OF TAYLORVILLE.

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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 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 310052
TORILX
ILC021-310130-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0032.080531T0052Z-080531T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

* AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORRISONVILLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST
  OF VIRDEN...MOVING EAST AT 46 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MORRISONVILLE...
  TAYLORVILLE...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 3939 8913 3941 8956 3953 8955 3953 8954
      3955 8953 3955 8913
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 272DEG 40KT 3953 8949

$$

HARDIMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	3 hr
May 30, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	38 min
May 30, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar, Vermilion	33 min
May 30, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Moultrie, Piatt	34 min
May 30, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Scott	30 min
May 30, 7:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Sangamon	3 hr
May 30, 7:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Sangamon	3 hr
May 30, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	45 min
May 30, 7:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	3 hr
May 30, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt	35 min
May 30, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Douglas, Edgar	39 min
May 30, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	39 min
May 30, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	47 min
May 30, 8:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Christian	116 min
May 30, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	28 min
May 30, 8:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Moultrie, Shelby	23 min
May 30, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	33 min
May 30, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon	42 min
May 30, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Moultrie	46 min
May 30, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	42 min
May 31, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay	52 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.