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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL

January 29, 2008Crawford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jan 29, 2008, 4:54 PM CST for Crawford County, Illinois. It was in force for 25 min. 3 reports 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: Jan 29, 2008, 4:54 PM CST (22:54 UTC)
Expired: Jan 29, 2008, 5:19 PM CST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Crawford County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 29, 4:55 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	5 N Robinson, IL	LARGE TREE DOWN ON THE ROOF OF A HOUSE AND ON A CAR
Jan 29, 5:00 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Hutsonville, IL	TREE DOWN ON A GARAGE IN HUTSONVILLE
Jan 29, 5:00 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Robinson, IL	TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN ROBINSON

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 292254
TORILX
ILC033-292330-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0005.080129T2254Z-080129T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
454 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CST.

* AT 454 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF
  HARDINVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROBINSON...MOVING EAST
  AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUTSONVILLE...
  PALESTINE...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ANNAPOLIS...EATON...FLAT
ROCK AND NEW HEBRON.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 700 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 3887 8754 3886 8790 3918 8782 3917 8765
      3914 8766 3912 8765 3906 8757 3901 8758
      3896 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 265DEG 60KT 3897 8770

$$

HARDIMAN

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KILX 292319
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
519 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

ILC033-292329-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080129T2330Z/
CRAWFORD-
519 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 515 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3887 8754 3886 8790 3918 8782 3917 8765
      3914 8766 3912 8765 3906 8757 3901 8758
      3896 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 265DEG 60KT 3897 8716

$$

HARDIMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 28, 9:28 PM CST	Blowing Snow Advisory	ILX	Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Mason, Peoria and 4 more	18 hr
Jan 28, 9:29 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 19 more	29 hr
Jan 29, 12:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	34 min
Jan 29, 1:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Menard	31 min
Jan 29, 1:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	47 min
Jan 29, 2:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt	43 min
Jan 29, 2:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	23 min
Jan 29, 3:00 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ILX	Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Mason, Peoria and 4 more	12 hr
Jan 29, 4:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	26 min
Jan 29, 4:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence	35 min
Jan 29, 4:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Lawrence, Richland	31 min

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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.