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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2009, 2:58 PM CDT for Morgan County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 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
- Aug 19, 2009, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2009, 3:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Morgan County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Loami, IL | ESTIMATED WIND GUST...TIME ESTIMATED |
| Aug 19, 3:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | Loami, IL | HOMES DAMAGED |
| Aug 19, 3:34 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Loami, IL | TREES AND POWER LINES 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 12:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 191958 TORILX ILC137-167-192045- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0036.090819T1958Z-090819T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 258 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHWESTERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT. * AT 258 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOAMI...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF VIRDEN... AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LOAMI... CURRAN... AUBURN... CHATHAM... GLENARM... JEROME... LELAND GROVE... SOUTHERN VIEW... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...CHATHAM...NEW BERLIN... PAWNEE...ROCHESTER...SPRINGFIELD...WAVERLY AND CLEAR LAKE. 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 3984 8950 3959 8955 3955 9001 3973 9005 TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 260DEG 18KT 3966 8990 $$ HJS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 192018 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 318 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009 ILC137-192028- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-090819T2045Z/ MORGAN IL- 318 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3965 8954 3961 8976 3979 8977 3984 8950 TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 250DEG 28KT 3973 8967 $$ ILC167-192045- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-090819T2045Z/ SANGAMON IL- 318 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL SANGAMON COUNTY... AT 316 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTHERN VIEW...OR NEAR SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SPRINGFIELD...ROCHESTER AND CLEAR LAKE. 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 3965 8954 3961 8976 3979 8977 3984 8950 TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 250DEG 28KT 3973 8967 $$ HJS
000 WWUS53 KILX 192036 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 336 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009 ILC167-192045- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-090819T2045Z/ SANGAMON IL- 336 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SANGAMON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SANGAMON AND NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM. THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3965 8954 3961 8976 3979 8977 3984 8950 TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 250DEG 28KT 3977 8950 $$ HJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 54 min |
| Aug 19, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Morgan, Sangamon, Schuyler and 1 more | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon, Scott | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Morgan and 3 more | 62 min |
| Aug 19, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell and 1 more | 66 min |
| Aug 19, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Piatt, Tazewell, Woodford | 66 min |
| Aug 19, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 35 min |
| Aug 19, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford | 57 min |
| Aug 19, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 33 min |
| Aug 19, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt | 65 min |
| Aug 19, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, McLean, Macon and 3 more | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 64 min |
| Aug 19, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Moultrie, Shelby | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 28 min |
| Aug 19, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham | 18 min |
| Aug 19, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar | 57 min |
| Aug 19, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham and 2 more | 75 min |
| Aug 19, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham, Shelby | 20 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.