Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 2009, 12:52 PM CDT for Clay County, Lawrence County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 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
- Mar 8, 2009, 12:52 PM CDT (17:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2009, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 1:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 S Clay City, IL | 2 HOMES DAMAGED...1 WAS A BRICK HOME WITH ROOF COMPLETELY GONE. 2 FARM SHEDS DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED |
| Mar 8, 1:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ne Lawrenceville, IL | MOBILE HOME DESTROYED AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES. BARNS DAMAGED AND TREES DOWN. DAMAGE PATH WAS JUST NORTHEAST OF LAWRENCEVILLE AIRPORT TO SOUTH OF RUSSELLVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Mar 8, 1:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Lawrenceville, IL | |
| Mar 8, 1:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 S Lawrenceville, IL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 10:39 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 441 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KILX 081752
TORILX
ILC025-101-159-081830-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0005.090308T1752Z-090308T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1252 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT.
* AT 1251 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SCHNELL...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF FLORA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCHNELL...
PARKERSBURG...
CALHOUN...
CLAREMONT...
SUMNER...
BRIDGEPORT...
LAWRENCEVILLE...
ST. FRANCISVILLE...
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.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 400 PM CDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 3871 8751 3865 8761 3859 8761 3858 8766
3858 8815 3861 8852 3885 8753 3880 8750
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 255DEG 57KT 3856 8835
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KILX 081814
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
114 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
ILC025-081824-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090308T1830Z/
CLAY-
114 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3871 8751 3865 8761 3859 8761 3858 8766
3858 8815 3869 8819 3885 8753 3880 8750
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 254DEG 53KT 3865 8801
$$
ILC101-159-081830-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090308T1830Z/
LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
114 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR LAWRENCE
AND SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTIES...
AT 111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CALHOUN...OR ABOUT 7
MILES SOUTH OF OLNEY...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
HELENA...
SUMNER...
RED HILLS STATE PARK...
BRIDGEPORT...
LAWRENCEVILLE...
PETROLIA...
BILLETT...
PINKSTAFF...
MOUNT CARMEL AIRPORT...
LAWRENCEVILLE AIRPORT...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
LAT...LON 3871 8751 3865 8761 3859 8761 3858 8766
3858 8815 3869 8819 3885 8753 3880 8750
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 254DEG 53KT 3865 8801
$$
AUTEN000
WWUS53 KILX 081837
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
137 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
ILC101-159-081847-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090308T1830Z/
LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
137 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LAWRENCE AND SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 130 PM CDT...
AT 136 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3871 8751 3865 8761 3859 8761 3858 8766
3858 8815 3869 8819 3885 8753 3880 8750
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 254DEG 53KT 3865 8801
$$
AUTENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 9:06 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Putnam | 40 days |
| Mar 7, 9:06 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 90 days |
| Mar 8, 1:52 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Stark | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 37 min |
| Mar 8, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 6:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 42 min |
| Mar 8, 9:31 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 22 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 6 days |
| Mar 8, 11:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 7 days |
| Mar 8, 11:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 42 min |
| Mar 8, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 28 min |
| Mar 8, 12:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 26 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.