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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 4:28 PM CDT for Coles County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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
- Jun 6, 2008, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:36 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Charleston, IL | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. |
| Jun 6, 4:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Charleston, IL | LARGE TREE BLOWN ONTO HOUSE, TEARING GUTTERING OFF AT 320 A STREET. |
| Jun 6, 4:54 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Kansas, IL | TREES AND POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN AND SEMI TRUCK BLOWN OVER. |
| Jun 6, 5:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Kansas, IL | TREES AND POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN AND SEMI TRUCK BLOWN OVER. |
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 6, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 751 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 407 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 062128 TORILX ILC029-041-045-062215- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0052.080606T2128Z-080606T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 428 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 515 PM CDT. * AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MATTOON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 62 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHARLESTON... ASHMORE... RARDIN... HINDSBORO... KANSAS... OAKLAND... REDMON... BROCTON... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...COOKS MILL...HUMBOLDT... HUME...LERNA AND PARIS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 186 AND 201. 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 CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. LAT...LON 3989 8780 3964 8754 3939 8833 3957 8846 TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 242DEG 54KT 3948 8826 $$ BARNES
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 062143 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 444 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ILC029-041-045-062215- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080606T2215Z/ COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- 444 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR EDGAR... SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHEASTERN COLES COUNTIES... AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTH OF ASHMORE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 62 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED... REDMON... BROCTON... PARIS... HUME... EDGAR COUNTY AIRPORT... EDGAR... METCALF... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3946 8815 3960 8827 3989 8780 3964 8754 TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 242DEG 54KT 3959 8796 $$ BARNES
000 WWUS53 KILX 062206 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 506 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ILC029-041-045-062216- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080606T2215Z/ COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- 506 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN EDGAR...SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHEASTERN COLES COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 515 PM CDT... A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN EDGAR COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM. AT 503 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3946 8815 3960 8827 3989 8780 3964 8754 TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 242DEG 54KT 3974 8758 $$ BARNES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:46 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 6, 10:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Logan | 24 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby | 59 min |
| Jun 6, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 4:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Jasper | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 21 min |
| Jun 6, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 5:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Jasper | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 6:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 6:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford | 5 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.