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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2008, 3:35 PM CDT for Marshall County, Illinois. It was in force for 25 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 7, 2008, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Marshall County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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 7, 2:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 2468 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KILX 072035
TORILX
ILC123-072100-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0059.080607T2035Z-080607T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
335 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT.
* AT 335 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR VARNA...OR
ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF LACON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOLUCA...
WENONA...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...WENONA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 41.
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 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 4108 8904 4102 8904 4094 8918 4092 8923
4093 8926 4094 8926 4106 8939 4112 8929
4112 8907
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 233DEG 31KT 4104 8922
$$
HUETTL2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 072050
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
350 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
ILC123-072100-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080607T2100Z/
MARSHALL-
350 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
MARSHALL COUNTY...
AT 348 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF
TOLUCA...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF LACON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
RURAL MARSHALL COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 41.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
LAT...LON 4108 8904 4102 8904 4094 8918 4092 8923
4093 8926 4094 8926 4106 8939 4112 8929
4112 8907
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 233DEG 31KT 4108 8912
$$
HUETTL000
WWUS53 KILX 072101
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
401 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
ILC123-072111-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080607T2100Z/
MARSHALL-
401 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY EXPIRES AT 400 PM
CDT...
AT 400 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.
RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4108 8904 4102 8904 4094 8918 4092 8923
4093 8926 4094 8926 4106 8939 4112 8929
4112 8907
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 233DEG 31KT 4107 8911
$$
HUETTLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Effingham | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 8:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence, Richland | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 10:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 11:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 10 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, Shelby | 4 days |
| Jun 7, 5:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Piatt and 2 more | 5 days |
| Jun 7, 9:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Sangamon | 16 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 5 days |
| Jun 7, 9:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Lawrence, Richland | 8 days |
| Jun 7, 10:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Sangamon, Shelby | 25 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 41 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.