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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Sep 8, 2008, 7:53 PM CDT for Coles County, Cumberland County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 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
- Sep 8, 2008, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 090053 TORILX ILC029-035-173-090130- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0063.080909T0053Z-080909T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 753 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT. * AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF NEOGA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STRASBURG... TROWBRIDGE... NEOGA... 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 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS. LAT...LON 3945 8826 3926 8825 3929 8876 3939 8877 TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 270DEG 21KT 3934 8868 $$ SHIMON
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KILX 090102
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
802 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2008
ILC029-035-173-090130-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-080909T0130Z/
COLES-CUMBERLAND-SHELBY-
801 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
SHELBY...NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHWESTERN COLES COUNTIES...
AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR STRASBURG...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 27 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
STRASBURG...
TROWBRIDGE...
NEOGA...
ETNA...
TRILLA...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 173 AND 185.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3926 8825 3927 8837 3928 8855 3928 8865
3940 8864 3945 8826 3929 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 269DEG 24KT 3934 8860
$$
SHIMON000
WWUS53 KILX 090131
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
831 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2008
ILC029-035-173-090139-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-080909T0130Z/
COLES-CUMBERLAND-SHELBY-
829 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SHELBY...NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND
AND SOUTHWESTERN COLES COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 830 PM CDT...
AT 827 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKER
ROTATION...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN COLES
AND NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM.
LAT...LON 3926 8825 3927 8837 3928 8855 3928 8865
3940 8864 3945 8826 3929 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 269DEG 24KT 3934 8836
$$
SHIMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Edgar | 54 min |
| Sep 8, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 47 min |
| Sep 8, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Jasper | 41 min |
| Sep 8, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford | 23 min |
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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.