Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 55, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 5:36 PM CDT for Clay County, Effingham County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 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, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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 6, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 062235
TORILX
ILC025-049-079-062315-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0055.080606T2236Z-080606T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
536 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
EASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.
* AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BIBLE GROVE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH OF FLORA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 51 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DIETERICH...
TEUTOPOLIS...
BOGOTA...
WHEELER...
MONTROSE...
NEWTON...
WEST LIBERTY...
WILLOW HILL...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...HIDALGO AND STE. MARIE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 98 AND 104.
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 3886 8796 3886 8819 3885 8820 3884 8850
3916 8850 3918 8809 3918 8796 3900 8796
3895 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 247DEG 44KT 3892 8841
$$
BARNES2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 062253
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
553 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
ILC025-049-062303-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-080606T2315Z/
CLAY-EFFINGHAM-
553 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN EFFINGHAM AND NORTHEASTERN CLAY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3886 8796 3886 8819 3885 8820 3885 8829
3886 8829 3886 8835 3898 8837 3916 8837
3918 8796 3917 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 247DEG 44KT 3900 8818
$$
ILC079-062315-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-080606T2315Z/
JASPER-
553 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR JASPER
COUNTY...
AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF NEWTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 51 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
WILLOW HILL...
STE. MARIE...
HIDALGO...
HUNT CITY...
YALE...
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 3886 8796 3886 8819 3885 8820 3885 8829
3886 8829 3886 8835 3898 8837 3916 8837
3918 8796 3917 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 247DEG 44KT 3900 8818
$$
BARNES000
WWUS53 KILX 062314
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
614 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
ILC079-062324-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-080606T2315Z/
JASPER-
614 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN JASPER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 PM
CDT...
A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN JASPER COUNTY UNTIL
645 PM CDT.
AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3886 8796 3886 8819 3885 8820 3885 8829
3886 8829 3886 8835 3898 8837 3916 8837
3918 8796 3917 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 247DEG 44KT 3910 8787
$$
BARNESThe 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, 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, 5:51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.