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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2008, 3:06 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 3, 2008, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2008, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Christian County, IL, Macon County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 030806 TORILX ILC021-115-139-173-030830- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0038.080603T0806Z-080603T0830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 306 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CENTRAL MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 330 AM CDT. * AT 306 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF MOWEAQUA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TAYLORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 48 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TOWER HILL... DALTON CITY... WESTERVELT... BETHANY... LAKEWOOD... FINDLAY... SHELBYVILLE... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ASSUMPTION...LOVINGTON... MACON AND STEWARDSON. 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. 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. LAT...LON 3975 8862 3923 8861 3937 8906 3979 8905 TIME...MOT...LOC 0806Z 290DEG 42KT 3959 8903 $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Morgan, Schuyler | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 23 min |
| Jun 3, 12:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Cass, Menard, Sangamon | 8 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Sangamon | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 2:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 23 min |
| Jun 3, 2:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 2:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 3:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 16 min |
| Jun 3, 4:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 5:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Douglas, Edgar | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 8:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 8:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 9:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Macon | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 9:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 42 min |
| Jun 3, 9:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 10:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Menard, Peoria, Tazewell | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 10:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Scott | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 10:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Piatt | 9 days |
| Jun 3, 10:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 10:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason | 13 days |
| Jun 3, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 11:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Brown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler | 37 days |
| Jun 3, 11:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | McLean | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 32 days |
| Jun 3, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Shelby | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Edgar | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 12:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Macon | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford | 20 min |
| Jun 3, 3:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 27 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard | 11 days |
| Jun 3, 3:58 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Menard | 11 days |
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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.