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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Lincoln, IL
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
AUTEN1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KILX 082342
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
642 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
ILC029-041-082352-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-080708T2345Z/
COLES-DOUGLAS-
642 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN COLES
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 645 PM CDT...
AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3955 8797 3956 8848 3977 8847 3976 8797
3966 8797 3965 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 269DEG 44KT 3967 8794
$$
AUTENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 3:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Christian, Macon, Morgan, Moultrie, Sangamon, Scott and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon | 65 min |
| Jul 8, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Sangamon, Shelby | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Piatt | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 52 min |
| Jul 8, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 6:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 3 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.