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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2009, 6:56 PM CDT for Champaign County, Illinois. It was in force for 16 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
- Jun 19, 2009, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2009, 7:12 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Champaign County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 192356 TORILX ILC019-200045- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0021.090619T2356Z-090620T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 656 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT. * AT 654 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A WALL NEAR SAVOY...OR JUST SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN. THE TORNADIC STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHAMPAIGN... URBANA... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...SAVOY AND WILLARD AIRPORT. 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 4020 8810 4002 8812 3998 8836 4010 8836 TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 162DEG 1KT 4006 8830 $$ CHURCHILL
2 follow-up statements
000 WFUS53 KILX 192358 CCA TORILX ILC019-200045- /O.COR.KILX.TO.W.0021.090619T2356Z-090620T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 656 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT. * AT 654 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD NEAR SAVOY...OR JUST SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN. THE TORNADIC STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHAMPAIGN... URBANA... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...SAVOY AND WILLARD AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND... OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. && LAT...LON 4020 8810 4002 8812 3998 8836 4010 8836 TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 162DEG 1KT 4006 8830 $$ CHURCHILL
000 WWUS53 KILX 200012 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 712 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ILC019-200023- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090620T0045Z/ CHAMPAIGN IL- 712 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4020 8810 4002 8812 3998 8836 4010 8836 TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 162DEG 1KT 4006 8830 $$ CHURCHILL
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, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 51 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 |
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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.