Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 49, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2008, 8:19 PM CDT for McLean County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 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
- Jun 4, 2008, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McLean County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:37 PM CDT | TORNADO | Goodfield, IL | INTERSECTION OF RT 150 AND INTERSTATE 74...TRAINED SPOTTER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 2437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1115 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 050119 TORILX ILC113-179-203-050145- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0049.080605T0119Z-080605T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 819 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... WESTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT. * AT 819 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODFIELD...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF EUREKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 24 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GOODFIELD... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 119. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO..AS YOU MAY END UP DRIVING INTO THE PATH OF THE STORM. TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. IF NONE IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER OVERPASSES. 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 4071 8906 4063 8900 4053 8935 4059 8940 TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 244DEG 21KT 4057 8932 $$ GEELHART/BARNES
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 050129
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
829 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
ILC113-179-203-050145-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080605T0145Z/
MCLEAN-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
829 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
WOODFORD...WESTERN MCLEAN AND EASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTIES...
AT 825 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF GOODFIELD...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
SOUTH OF EUREKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
GOODFIELD...
CONGERVILLE...
EVERGREEN LAKE...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111 AND 119.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
LAT...LON 4063 8900 4054 8931 4060 8934 4071 8906
4067 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 247DEG 19KT 4057 8928
$$
GEELHART/GOETSCH000
WWUS53 KILX 050143
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
842 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
ILC113-179-203-050152-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080605T0145Z/
MCLEAN-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
842 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845
PM CDT...
AT 842 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE
WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF TAZEWELL COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN AND SOUTHEASTERN
WOODFORD COUNTIES HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 915 PM.
LAT...LON 4063 8900 4054 8931 4060 8934 4071 8906
4067 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 247DEG 19KT 4060 8920
$$
GEELHART/BARNESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell, Woodford | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 21 min |
| Jun 5, 10:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Logan | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.