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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 6, 2008Edgar County, Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 4:55 PM CDT for Edgar County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 21 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 6, 2008, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2008, 5:16 PM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Edgar County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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.

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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 062155
TORILX
ILC045-183-062230-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0053.080606T2155Z-080606T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
455 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.

* AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF HUME...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PARIS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 64 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHRISMAN...
  RIDGE FARM...
  GEORGETOWN...

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 3969 8753 3962 8776 3982 8791 4006 8754
      4005 8753 3995 8753 3994 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 244DEG 56KT 3977 8774

$$

BARNES

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KILX 062216
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
516 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

ILC045-183-062226-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-080606T2230Z/
EDGAR-VERMILION-
516 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION AND NORTHERN EDGAR
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT.

AT 614 PM EDT...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 3969 8753 3962 8776 3982 8791 4006 8754
      4005 8753 3995 8753 3994 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 244DEG 56KT 3991 8735

$$

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, 4:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Edgar	47 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, 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

Nearby

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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.