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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 30, 2008Moultrie County, Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2008, 8:37 PM CDT for Moultrie County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report 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, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KILX 310137
TORILX
ILC139-173-310200-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0034.080531T0137Z-080531T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

* AT 837 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF WESTERVELT...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 52 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHELBYVILLE...
  FINDLAY...
  WINDSOR...
  STEWARDSON...
  ALLENVILLE...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...TOWER HILL AND LAKEWOOD.

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 ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

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 3926 8880 3938 8903 3958 8882 3957 8848
      3922 8848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 282DEG 45KT 3943 8883

$$

HARDIMAN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 310143
SVSILX

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

ILC139-173-310200-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080531T0200Z/
MOULTRIE-SHELBY-
842 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
MOULTRIE AND SHELBY COUNTIES...

AT 841 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED BETWEEN FINDLAY AND WESTERVELT.  RADAR INDICATES
THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  FINDLAY...   
  WOLF CREEK STATE PARK...
  WINDSOR...
  STRASBURG...
  ALLENVILLE...
  STEWARDSON...
  GAYS...
  TROWBRIDGE...

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 3926 8880 3938 8903 3958 8882 3957 8848
      3922 8848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 282DEG 45KT 3946 8873

$$

HARDIMAN

000 
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

$$

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, 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, 8:13 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, 8:42 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.