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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 13, 2009Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 13, 2009, 8:15 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 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
May 13, 2009, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2009, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Schuyler County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 13, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2009-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1843 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2009-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 354 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1843 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
354 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.6
Supercell composite
20.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KILX 140115
TORILX
ILC169-140200-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0006.090514T0115Z-090514T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
815 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

* AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOLDEN...OR 31 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MACOMB...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WEINBERG KING STATE PARK...
  HUNTSVILLE...
  BROOKLYN...
  CAMDEN...
  LITTLETON...
  RUSHVILLE...
  RAY...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BROOKLYN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER
NOW

&&

LAT...LON 4028 9092 4029 9078 4028 9047 4002 9045
      4006 9069 4007 9068 4008 9071 4010 9071
      4010 9092 4011 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 270DEG 32KT 4020 9114

$$

HUETTL
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KILX 140132
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
832 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

ILC169-140200-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090514T0200Z/
SCHUYLER IL-
832 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SCHUYLER
COUNTY...

AT 831 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WEINBERG KING STATE
PARK...OR 22 MILES WEST OF RUSHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...HUNTSVILLE...
CAMDEN...BROOKLYN...LITTLETON...RUSHVILLE AND RAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER
NOW

&&

LAT...LON 4028 9092 4029 9078 4028 9047 4002 9045
      4006 9069 4007 9068 4008 9071 4010 9071
      4010 9092 4011 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 269DEG 31KT 4021 9095

$$

HUETTL
000 
WWUS53 KILX 140146
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
846 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

ILC169-140200-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090514T0200Z/
SCHUYLER IL-
846 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SCHUYLER
COUNTY...

AT 846 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HUNTSVILLE...OR 16
MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...BROOKLYN...CAMDEN
AND LITTLETON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER
NOW

&&

LAT...LON 4028 9092 4029 9078 4028 9047 4002 9045
      4006 9069 4007 9068 4008 9071 4010 9071
      4010 9092 4011 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 268DEG 28KT 4021 9085

$$

HUETTL
000 
WWUS53 KILX 140201
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
901 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

ILC169-140210-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090514T0200Z/
SCHUYLER IL-
901 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SCHUYLER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 900 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER 
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 
MPH AND HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT 
MOVES EAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS SCHUYLER COUNTY THROUGH 930 PM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.

LAT...LON 4028 9092 4029 9078 4028 9047 4002 9045
      4006 9069 4007 9068 4008 9071 4010 9071
      4010 9092 4011 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 268DEG 28KT 4021 9070

$$

HUETTL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXPeoria47 min
May 13, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan, Scott45 min
May 13, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford36 min
May 13, 9:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXSchuyler8 hr
May 13, 10:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCass, Morgan, Scott8 hr
May 13, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott49 min
May 13, 10:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXLawrence11 days
May 13, 10:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton8 hr
May 13, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Menard, Morgan and 1 more49 min
May 13, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMcLean57 min
May 13, 10:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChristian, Morgan, Sangamon6 hr
May 13, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, McLean37 min
May 13, 11:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMcLean, Woodford6 hr
May 13, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Christian, DeWitt, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie and 2 more48 min
May 13, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, McLean, Piatt13 min
May 13, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Effingham, Shelby64 min
May 14, 12:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMacon, Moultrie, Piatt6 hr
May 14, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Christian, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 4 more38 min
May 14, 12:19 AM CDTTornado WarningILXColes, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby56 min
May 14, 12:35 AM CDTTornado WarningILXColes, Douglas, Moultrie, Shelby38 min
May 14, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Clay, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, Effingham and 2 more61 min
May 14, 12:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion6 hr
May 14, 1:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChristian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 2 more6 hr
May 14, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar38 min
May 14, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 2 more57 min
May 14, 1:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 2 more5 hr
May 14, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland43 min
May 14, 7:36 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningILXChampaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 12 more5 hr
May 14, 12:24 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXFulton, Knox6 days
May 14, 3:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 21 more32 hr

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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.