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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2009, 12:19 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 56 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
- May 14, 2009, 12:19 AM CDT (05:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2009, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 12:22 AM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Sw Shelbyville, IL | STARTED 1SW OF SHELBYVILLE...ENDED 1/2SE OF SHELBYVILLE. TRACK WAS 50 YARDS WIDE...1 1/4 MILE LONG. BEGAN AT 1222 AM...ENDED 1224 AM. RATED EF0 WITH ESTIMATED 75 MPH WINDS. NUMEROUS TREES TORN OR UPROOTED, CAR PORT DESTROYED, PORCHES TORN AWAY FROM HOUSE, 2 SM |
| May 14, 12:23 AM CDT | TORNADO | Shelbyville, IL | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN...DAMAGE TO PROPANE TANKS AMD GARAGE. REPORT FROM COUNTY SHERIFF AND CHANNEL 3 NEWSCASTER. |
| May 14, 12:27 AM CDT | TORNADO | 3 E Shelbyville, IL | AT LAKE SHELBYVILLE REPORTS RECEIVED OF A 3 FOOT DIAMETER TREE UPROOTED. CAMPERS DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN AREA. |
| May 14, 12:45 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 W Mattoon, IL | FROM TRAINED SPOTTER. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 1574 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 930 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 407 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KILX 140519 TORILX ILC029-035-139-173-140615- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0007.090514T0519Z-090514T0615Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1219 AM CDT THU MAY 14 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 115 AM CDT. * AT 1219 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKEWOOD...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHELBYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKEWOOD... SHELBYVILLE... WESTERVELT... CLARKSBURG... FINDLAY... WOLF CREEK STATE PARK... EAGLE CREEK STATE PARK... STRASBURG... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ALLENVILLE...CHARLESTON... COLES...GAYS...JANESVILLE...LAKEWOOD...LERNA...MATTOON...NEOGA... PARADISE...TRILLA...TROWBRIDGE...WINDSOR...BUSHTON...ETNA... FAIRGRANGE...FOX RIDGE STATE PARK AND COLES COUNTY AIRPORT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 197. THIS TORNADO WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER NOW && LAT...LON 3962 8813 3933 8813 3929 8894 3951 8888 TIME...MOT...LOC 0519Z 260DEG 41KT 3934 8891 $$ AUTEN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KILX 140557 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1257 AM CDT THU MAY 14 2009 ILC139-173-140607- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090514T0615Z/ SHELBY IL-MOULTRIE IL- 1257 AM CDT THU MAY 14 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE AND CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3932 8840 3958 8840 3962 8813 3933 8813 TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 260DEG 42KT 3941 8831 $$ ILC029-035-140615- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090514T0615Z/ COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL- 1257 AM CDT THU MAY 14 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN CUMBERLAND AND CENTRAL COLES COUNTIES... AT 1256 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TRILLA...OR NEAR MATTOON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...FOX RIDGE STATE PARK AND CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER NOW && LAT...LON 3932 8840 3958 8840 3962 8813 3933 8813 TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 260DEG 42KT 3941 8831 $$ AUTEN
000 WWUS53 KILX 140608 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 108 AM CDT THU MAY 14 2009 ILC029-035-140618- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090514T0615Z/ COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL- 108 AM CDT THU MAY 14 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CUMBERLAND AND CENTRAL COLES COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 115 AM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3932 8840 3958 8840 3962 8813 3933 8813 TIME...MOT...LOC 0608Z 260DEG 42KT 3941 8815 $$ AUTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 45 min |
| May 13, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Peoria | 47 min |
| May 13, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 45 min |
| May 13, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 36 min |
| May 13, 9:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 8 hr |
| May 13, 10:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 8 hr |
| May 13, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott | 49 min |
| May 13, 10:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 11 days |
| May 13, 10:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 8 hr |
| May 13, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Menard, Morgan and 1 more | 49 min |
| May 13, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 57 min |
| May 13, 10:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Morgan, Sangamon | 6 hr |
| May 13, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean | 37 min |
| May 13, 11:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 6 hr |
| May 13, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie and 2 more | 48 min |
| May 13, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 13 min |
| May 13, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Effingham, Shelby | 64 min |
| May 14, 12:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Macon, Moultrie, Piatt | 6 hr |
| May 14, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 4 more | 38 min |
| May 14, 12:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Shelby | 38 min |
| May 14, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Clay, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, Effingham and 2 more | 61 min |
| May 14, 12:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 6 hr |
| May 14, 1:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 14, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 38 min |
| May 14, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 2 more | 57 min |
| May 14, 1:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 14, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 43 min |
| May 14, 7:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 12 more | 5 hr |
| May 14, 12:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 6 days |
| May 14, 3:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 21 more | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.