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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 6:01 PM CDT for Clark County, Crawford County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 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, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 062300
TORILX
ILC023-033-079-062345-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0056.080606T2301Z-080606T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
601 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.
* AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEWTON...
MOVING EAST AT 46 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STE. MARIE...
WILLOW HILL...
OBLONG...
HARDINVILLE...
EATON...
ANNAPOLIS...
NEW HEBRON...
ROBINSON...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...FLAT ROCK...HIDALGO...
HUTSONVILLE...PALESTINE...WEST LIBERTY AND WEST UNION.
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 3887 8754 3886 8816 3917 8820 3918 8801
3920 8800 3927 8761 3923 8756 3914 8766
3906 8758 3901 8758 3896 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 251DEG 40KT 3901 8808
$$
BARNES2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 062333
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
633 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
ILC079-062343-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080606T2345Z/
JASPER-
633 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3887 8754 3886 8795 3917 8796 3918 8801
3920 8800 3927 8761 3922 8757 3914 8766
3906 8758 3901 8758 3896 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 251DEG 40KT 3912 8765
$$
ILC023-033-062345-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080606T2345Z/
CLARK-CRAWFORD-
633 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
CLARK AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES...
AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF
HUTSONVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF ROBINSON...MOVING EAST AT 46
MPH.
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 3887 8754 3886 8795 3917 8796 3918 8801
3920 8800 3927 8761 3922 8757 3914 8766
3906 8758 3901 8758 3896 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 251DEG 40KT 3912 8765
$$
BARNES000
WWUS53 KILX 062344
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
644 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
ILC023-033-062354-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080606T2345Z/
CLARK-CRAWFORD-
644 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CLARK AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 645 PM CDT...
AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS
THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3887 8754 3886 8795 3917 8796 3918 8801
3920 8800 3927 8761 3922 8757 3914 8766
3906 8758 3901 8758 3896 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 251DEG 40KT 3916 8750
$$
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, 5:36 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, 6:23 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.