Tornado Warning 46, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Jun 3, 2008, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)

Expired

Jun 3, 2008, 9:45 PM CDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Sangamon County, IL

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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.

000 
WFUS53 KILX 040156
TORILX
ILC167-040245-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0046.080604T0156Z-080604T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
856 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.

* AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
  SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPRINGFIELD...
  RIVERTON...
  MECHANICSBURG...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 103.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 119.

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 200 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 3973 8978 3981 8984 3994 8944 3993 8941
      3992 8940 3992 8936 3980 8929
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 258DEG 26KT 3978 8974

$$

BARNES

000 
WWUS53 KILX 040228
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
928 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

ILC167-040245-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-080604T0245Z/
SANGAMON-
928 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
SANGAMON COUNTY...

AT 924 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF
DAWSON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 29
MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  MECHANICSBURG...
  BUFFALO...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 103.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 119.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. 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.

LAT...LON 3973 8978 3981 8984 3994 8944 3993 8941
      3992 8940 3992 8936 3980 8929
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 257DEG 25KT 3982 8945

$$

BARNES

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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.