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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Lincoln, IL

December 27, 2008Fulton County, Peoria County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Dec 27, 2008, 11:51 AM CST for Fulton County, Peoria County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2008, 11:51 AM CST (17:51 UTC)
Expired
Dec 27, 2008, 12:15 PM CST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Fulton County, IL, Peoria County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 27, 12:00 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG1 W Canton, ILBACK WINDOW BLOW OUT OF SPOTTERS TRUCK. TIME ESTIMATED.
Dec 27, 12:00 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG4 Wsw Trivoli, ILMULTIPLE POWER POLES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF DOWNS SCHOOL ROAD AND WASSON ROAD IN SOUTHWEST PEORIA COUNTY.
Dec 27, 12:01 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGCanton, ILSHINGLES BLOWN OFF HOUSE AND TREE LIMBS ON POWER LINES

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 27, 10:58 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2008-12-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2008-12-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 271751
TORILX
ILC057-143-271815-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0066.081227T1751Z-081227T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1151 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHWESTERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1215 PM CST.

* AT 1152 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TRIVOLI...
  GLASFORD...
  HANNA CITY...

ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES...IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA.

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 4075 8973 4058 8970 4050 9007 4065 9013
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 249DEG 35KT 4059 9002

$$

GOETSCH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KILX 271821
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1221 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

ILC057-143-271831-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-081227T1815Z/
FULTON-PEORIA-
1221 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PEORIA AND NORTHEASTERN
FULTON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1215 PM CST...

AT 1216 PM CST...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 4075 8973 4058 8970 4050 9007 4065 9013
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 249DEG 35KT 4058 9003

$$

SMITH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 6:11 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXFulton6 days
Dec 27, 3:47 AM CSTWind AdvisoryILXChampaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 16 more12 hr
Dec 27, 3:47 AM CSTWind AdvisoryILXChampaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 16 more35 min
Dec 27, 3:52 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningILXSchuyler3 hr
Dec 27, 10:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Fulton, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Schuyler and 1 more65 min
Dec 27, 11:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Knox, Peoria, Stark56 min
Dec 27, 11:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott66 min
Dec 27, 12:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Fulton, Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard and 3 more58 min
Dec 27, 12:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford54 min
Dec 27, 12:12 PM CSTTornado WarningILXMarshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford48 min
Dec 27, 12:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Menard, Sangamon and 1 more60 min
Dec 27, 12:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt and 3 more38 min
Dec 27, 12:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Moultrie, Sangamon, Shelby66 min
Dec 27, 12:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt and 3 more34 min
Dec 27, 12:44 PM CSTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon31 min
Dec 27, 12:53 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChristian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon37 min
Dec 27, 12:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXShelby63 min
Dec 27, 12:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall, Woodford31 min
Dec 27, 1:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Macon, Moultrie and 3 more65 min
Dec 27, 1:12 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChampaign, DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt33 min
Dec 27, 1:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Macon, Piatt44 min
Dec 27, 1:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, DeWitt, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt41 min
Dec 27, 1:20 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChampaign, DeWitt, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt40 min
Dec 27, 1:26 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton3 hr
Dec 27, 1:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby25 min
Dec 27, 1:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby60 min
Dec 27, 1:49 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXMcLean, Tazewell, Woodford22 hr
Dec 27, 2:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion41 min
Dec 27, 2:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Vermilion34 min
Dec 27, 2:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby43 min
Dec 27, 2:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningILXStark3 hr
Dec 27, 3:11 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningILXSchuyler3 hr
Dec 27, 3:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Piatt and 1 more49 min
Dec 27, 3:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham45 min
Dec 27, 3:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie, Shelby24 min
Dec 27, 3:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar, Vermilion27 min
Dec 27, 4:28 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningILXFulton12 hr
Dec 27, 5:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay43 min
Dec 27, 5:22 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion11 hr
Dec 27, 5:44 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningILXStark6 hr
Dec 27, 5:55 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningILXStark6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.