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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 8, 2008Coles County, Douglas County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2008, 6:13 PM CDT for Coles County, Douglas 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
Jul 8, 2008, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 70 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1492 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1492 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 082314
TORILX
ILC029-041-082345-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0060.080708T2313Z-080708T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
613 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.

* AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF
  ARTHUR...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SULLIVAN...MOVING EAST AT
  51 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ARCOLA...
  HUMBOLDT...
  HINDSBORO...
  RARDIN...
  OAKLAND...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...COOKS MILL.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 3955 8797 3956 8848 3977 8847 3976 8797
      3966 8797 3965 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 269DEG 44KT 3967 8840

$$

AUTEN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KILX 082342
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
642 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

ILC029-041-082352-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-080708T2345Z/
COLES-DOUGLAS-
642 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN COLES
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 645 PM CDT...

AT 638 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 3955 8797 3956 8848 3977 8847 3976 8797
      3966 8797 3965 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 269DEG 44KT 3967 8794

$$

AUTEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 3:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchILXChristian, Macon, Morgan, Moultrie, Sangamon, Scott and 1 more12 hr
Jul 8, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Mason, Menard47 min
Jul 8, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, Macon65 min
Jul 8, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Sangamon, Shelby66 min
Jul 8, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Piatt57 min
Jul 8, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby64 min
Jul 8, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Douglas, Moultrie39 min
Jul 8, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar52 min
Jul 8, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Douglas, Edgar30 min
Jul 8, 6:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChristian, Shelby3 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.