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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2009, 5:39 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 min. 8 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
- Jun 19, 2009, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2009, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 S Oakwood, IL | |
| Jun 19, 5:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Se Fairmount, IL | BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN, LASTING 30 SECONDS. |
| Jun 19, 6:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Tilton, IL | 38 TRAIN CARS BLOWN OVER. |
| Jun 19, 6:06 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Westville, IL | VISIBLEFROM VERMILION COUNTY EOC |
| Jun 19, 6:09 PM CDT | TORNADO | Westville, IL | REPORTED 1/2 MILE WEST OF WESTVILLE |
| Jun 19, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Westville, IL | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY. POWER OUTAGE REPORTED AT EOC. |
| Jun 19, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Catlin, IL | 40 TRAIN CARS BLOWN OVER |
| Jun 19, 6:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Danville, IL | HOUSE DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREE, NUMEROUS POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 2125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 982 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 192239 TORILX ILC183-192330- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0019.090619T2239Z-090619T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 539 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT. * AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF HOMER...OR 17 MILES WEST OF DANVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FAIRMOUNT... JAMAICA... CATLIN... WESTVILLE... TILTON... GEORGETOWN... THIS TORNADO WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. 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. && LAT...LON 4014 8754 3995 8754 3998 8794 4008 8794 TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 272DEG 20KT 4005 8790 $$ MILLER
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 192257 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 557 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ILC183-192330- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090619T2330Z/ VERMILION IL- 557 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL VERMILION COUNTY... AT 550 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED...3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FARIMOUNT...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...CATLIN...WESTVILLE AND TILTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4014 8754 3998 8754 3999 8780 4010 8783 TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 267DEG 26KT 4003 8775 $$ MILLER
000 WWUS53 KILX 192311 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 611 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ILC183-192330- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090619T2330Z/ VERMILION IL- 611 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EASTERN VERMILION COUNTY... AT 609 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTVILLE...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...WESTVILLE... AND RURAL EASTERN VERMILION COUNTY. PEOPLE IN WESTVILLE NEED TO SEEK SHELTER NOW PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3999 8769 4012 8770 4014 8754 3999 8754 TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 266DEG 25KT 4004 8764 $$ MILLER
000 WWUS53 KILX 192328 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 628 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ILC183-192338- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090619T2330Z/ VERMILION IL- 628 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN VERMILION COUNTY EXPIRES AT 630 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3999 8769 4012 8770 4014 8754 3999 8754 TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 266DEG 25KT 4004 8747 $$ MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 12:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 67 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:50 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ILX | Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 12 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 22 min |
| Jun 19, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Morgan, Scott | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Knox, Mason, Schuyler | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Stark and 2 more | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Marshall, Tazewell, Woodford | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Stark | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 6:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 29 min |
| Jun 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, McLean, Piatt | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Moultrie, Shelby | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 16 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.