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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 3, 2008Champaign County, Piatt County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2008, 9:24 PM CDT for Champaign County, Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 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, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2008, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Champaign County, IL, Piatt County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 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 3, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 35 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: 2538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.9
Supercell composite: 14.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 040224
TORILX
ILC019-147-040315-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0047.080604T0224Z-080604T0315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.

* AT 924 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  MONTICELLO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WHITE HEATH...
  SEYMOUR...
  CHAMPAIGN...
  SAVOY...
  URBANA...
  THOMASBORO...
  SIDNEY...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...GIFFORD...HOMER...OGDEN AND
ST. JOSEPH.

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 3998 8857 4009 8862 4035 8795 4020 8794
      4018 8795 4017 8794 4002 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 252DEG 26KT 4003 8853

$$

BARNES

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 040250
SVSILX

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

ILC147-040301-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-080604T0315Z/
PIATT-
951 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PIATT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 947 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 3999 8847 4015 8847 4035 8795 4023 8794
      4023 8795 4020 8795 4017 8794 4002 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 252DEG 26KT 4011 8833

$$

ILC019-040315-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-080604T0315Z/
CHAMPAIGN-
951 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY...

AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF
SEYMOUR...OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF CHAMPAIGN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  SAVOY...
  URBANA...
  THOMASBORO...
  ST. JOSEPH...
  FLATVILLE...
  ROYAL...
  OGDEN...
  SIDNEY...
  GIFFORD...
  HOMER...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 227 AND 246.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 182.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 197.

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 3999 8847 4015 8847 4035 8795 4023 8794
      4023 8795 4020 8795 4017 8794 4002 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 252DEG 26KT 4011 8833

$$

BARNES

000 
WWUS53 KILX 040310
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1011 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

ILC019-040321-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-080604T0315Z/
CHAMPAIGN-
1011 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1015
PM CDT...

AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3999 8847 4015 8847 4035 8795 4023 8794
      4023 8795 4020 8795 4017 8794 4002 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 252DEG 26KT 4015 8815

$$

BARNES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	65 min
Jun 3, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Menard	59 min
Jun 3, 7:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	42 min
Jun 3, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Sangamon	64 min
Jun 3, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon	40 min
Jun 3, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Morgan, Sangamon	50 min
Jun 3, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon	48 min
Jun 3, 8:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Logan, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon and 1 more	6 hr
Jun 3, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	47 min
Jun 3, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	60 min
Jun 3, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Tazewell	58 min
Jun 3, 8:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Sangamon	49 min
Jun 3, 9:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	6 hr
Jun 3, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Sangamon	40 min
Jun 3, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	56 min
Jun 3, 9:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Christian, DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt and 1 more	6 hr
Jun 3, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	60 min
Jun 3, 9:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon	42 min
Jun 3, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	45 min
Jun 3, 10:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	6 hr
Jun 3, 10:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Peoria	3 hr
Jun 3, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	65 min
Jun 3, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	51 min
Jun 3, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	63 min
Jun 3, 11:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	6 hr
Jun 4, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Douglas	29 min
Jun 4, 12:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Edgar	4 hr
Jun 4, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	42 min
Jun 4, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan	42 min
Jun 4, 1:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Logan, McLean, Mason, Tazewell	2 hr
Jun 4, 2:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	49 min
Jun 4, 2:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Scott	14 hr
Jun 4, 3:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Piatt	14 hr
Jun 4, 4:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	26 hr
Jun 4, 5:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford	16 min
Jun 4, 12:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Mason, Menard and 1 more	62 hr
Jun 4, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper	24 min
Jun 4, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper	29 min
Jun 4, 2:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Vermilion	32 hr
Jun 4, 2:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Sangamon	8 days
Jun 4, 4:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Lawrence, Scott	15 days
Jun 4, 5:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Piatt, Richland	12 days
Jun 4, 5:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Crawford, Douglas, Edgar, Jasper and 1 more	9 days
Jun 4, 6:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Piatt	12 hr
Jun 4, 6:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Scott	12 hr
Jun 4, 6:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Scott	12 hr

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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.