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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2009, 4:15 PM CDT for Fulton County, Knox County, Peoria County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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
- Jul 8, 2009, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Peoria County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 4:33 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 S Farmington, IL | REPORT RECEIVED FROM NWS CHICAGO WEATHER SPOTTER IN THE AREA. |
| Jul 8, 4:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw Glasford, IL | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN REPORTED BY PEORIA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY NEAR THE GLASFORD-CANTON BLACKTOP. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 082115 TORILX ILC057-095-143-082200- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0029.090708T2115Z-090708T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 415 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHWESTERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT. * AT 414 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FARMINGTON...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF CANTON... AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FARMINGTON... TRIVOLI... SMITHVILLE... HANNA CITY... GLASFORD... BANNER... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...MIDDLE GROVE AND YATES CITY. 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 4063 8965 4050 8991 4074 9012 4081 9004 TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 309DEG 13KT 4074 9001 $$ BARNES
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 082137 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 437 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ILC095-082147- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-090708T2200Z/ KNOX IL- 437 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 4067 9002 4073 8992 4063 8965 4050 8991 TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 309DEG 13KT 4069 8993 $$ ILC057-143-082200- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-090708T2200Z/ FULTON IL-PEORIA IL- 437 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN PEORIA AND EASTERN FULTON COUNTIES... AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TRIVOLI...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...TRIVOLI... SMITHVILLE...GLASFORD AND BANNER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...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 4067 9002 4073 8992 4063 8965 4050 8991 TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 309DEG 13KT 4069 8993 $$ BARNES
000 WWUS53 KILX 082158 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 458 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ILC057-143-082207- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-090708T2200Z/ FULTON IL-PEORIA IL- 458 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PEORIA AND NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 500 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. LAT...LON 4067 9002 4073 8992 4063 8965 4050 8991 TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 309DEG 13KT 4064 8985 $$ BARNES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Mason | 52 min |
| Jul 8, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cumberland | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 3:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason | 52 min |
| Jul 8, 5:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard | 38 min |
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.