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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 5, 20085 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2008, 6:53 PM CST for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 37 min. 4 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: Feb 5, 2008, 6:53 PM CST (00:53 UTC)
Expired: Feb 5, 2008, 7:30 PM CST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 5, 7:22 PM CST	HAIL 1	Sumner, IL
Feb 5, 7:35 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	2 E Lawrenceville, IL
Feb 5, 7:39 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 63	Lawrenceville, IL	ASOS WIND 25033G55KT
Feb 5, 7:40 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 65	3 W Robinson, IL	REPORTED BY SWOP OBSERVER

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KILX 060053
TORILX
ILC025-033-079-101-159-060130-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0007.080206T0053Z-080206T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
653 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CST.

* AT 653 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CLAY
  CITY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF FLORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PARKERSBURG...
  OLNEY...
  CALHOUN...
  DUNDAS...
  WEST LIBERTY...
  CLAREMONT...
  SUMNER...
  CHAUNCEY...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BIRDS...FLAT ROCK...
HARDINVILLE...LAWRENCEVILLE...NEW HEBRON...NOBLE...PALESTINE...
ROBINSON...SCHNELL...ST. FRANCISVILLE AND BRIDGEPORT.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD
TO SEE. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...AS IT MAY
BE TOO LATE. INSTEAD...TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. GO TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

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 3865 8761 3858 8764 3858 8813 3860 8817
      3861 8842 3866 8848 3911 8763 3908 8760
      3875 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 231DEG 55KT 3872 8827

$$

SMITH

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KILX 060106
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
707 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

ILC025-033-079-101-159-060130-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080206T0130Z/
CLAY-CRAWFORD-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
707 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
CRAWFORD...SOUTHEASTERN JASPER...SOUTHEASTERN CLAY...LAWRENCE AND
RICHLAND COUNTIES...

AT 704 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO THREAT WAS
LOCATED NEAR DUNDAS...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF OLNEY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  CHAUNCEY...
  PETROLIA...
  BRIDGEPORT...
  STOY...
  HARDINVILLE...
  BIRDS...
  PINKSTAFF...
  ROBINSON...
  NEW HEBRON...
  FLAT ROCK...

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD
TO SEE. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...AS IT MAY
BE TOO LATE. INSTEAD...TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. GO TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROON ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

LAT...LON 3865 8761 3858 8764 3858 8813 3860 8817
      3861 8842 3866 8848 3911 8763 3908 8760
      3875 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 231DEG 55KT 3885 8805

$$

SMITH

The 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, 6:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Jasper, Richland	32 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

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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.