Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2008, 8:13 PM CDT for Christian County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Christian County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 0 | 3 N Taylorville, IL | 60 MPH WINDS WITH POWER OUTAGE...DIME SIZE HAIL. |
| May 30, 8:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 N Taylorville, IL | 60 MPH WINDS WITH POWER OUTAGE...DIME SIZE HAIL. |
| May 30, 8:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 S Taylorville, IL | TORNADO AT CHEROKEE STREET AND ROUTE 48...DUE SOUTH OF TAYLORVILLE. |
| May 30, 8:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Ne Westervelt, 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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 310114 TORILX ILC021-173-310200- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0033.080531T0113Z-080531T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 813 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... EASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT. * AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF TAYLORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 53 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OWANECO... ASSUMPTION... MOWEAQUA... WESTERVELT... THIS REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNINGS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY...WHICH WERE SET TO EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR 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 3965 8882 3943 8882 3942 8927 3963 8928 TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 264DEG 46KT 3955 8913 $$ HARDIMAN
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 310139
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
839 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
ILC021-310149-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080531T0200Z/
CHRISTIAN-
839 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 836 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3949 8882 3944 8883 3943 8883 3943 8884
3943 8903 3964 8903 3965 8882
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 264DEG 46KT 3958 8870
$$
ILC173-310200-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080531T0200Z/
SHELBY-
839 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
SHELBY COUNTY...
AT 836 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WESTERVELT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF SULLIVAN...MOVING EAST AT 53
MPH.
TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD
TO SEE. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...AS IT MAY
BE TOO LATE. INSTEAD...TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. GO TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROON ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
LAT...LON 3949 8882 3944 8883 3943 8883 3943 8884
3943 8903 3964 8903 3965 8882
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 264DEG 46KT 3958 8870
$$
HARDIMAN000
WWUS53 KILX 310201
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
901 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
ILC139-173-310211-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080531T0200Z/
MOULTRIE-SHELBY-
901 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MOULTRIE AND SHELBY COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 900 PM CDT...
AT 859 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3926 8880 3938 8903 3958 8882 3957 8848
3922 8848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 282DEG 45KT 3946 8871
$$
HARDIMANThe 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, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 38 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, 8:19 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.