Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2008, 6:43 PM CST for Clay County, Jasper County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 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
- Feb 5, 2008, 6:43 PM CST (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2008, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Richland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 474 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KILX 060044
TORILX
ILC025-079-159-060115-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0006.080206T0043Z-080206T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
643 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CST.
* AT 643 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF FLORA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAILOR SPRINGS...
BIBLE GROVE...
INGAHAM...
BOGOTA...
NEWTON...
WEST LIBERTY...
DUNDAS...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...CLAY CITY.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER.
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.
LAT...LON 3876 8812 3861 8842 3878 8860 3892 8841
3892 8837 3896 8836 3907 8821 3887 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 231DEG 55KT 3878 8843
$$
SMITH1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KILX 060113
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
713 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
ILC025-079-159-060123-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080206T0115Z/
CLAY-JASPER-RICHLAND-
713 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN JASPER...CLAY AND NORTHWESTERN
RICHLAND COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 715 PM CST...
AT 709 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3876 8812 3861 8842 3878 8860 3892 8841
3892 8837 3896 8836 3907 8821 3887 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 231DEG 55KT 3906 8797
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 6:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 24 min |
| Feb 5, 6:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby | 28 min |
| Feb 5, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Effingham and 3 more | 40 min |
| Feb 5, 6:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 37 min |
| Feb 5, 6:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 37 min |
| Feb 5, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar | 43 min |
| Feb 5, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence | 30 min |
| Feb 5, 7:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 8:43 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard | 7 days |
| Feb 5, 8:43 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason | 9 days |
| Feb 5, 8:45 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard | 66 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 88 days |
| Feb 6, 3:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Brown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler | 93 days |
| Feb 6, 9:41 AM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 55 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2008Every tornado warning in 2008Tornadoes in 2008
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.