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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 21, 2010Fulton County, Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2010, 7:17 PM CDT for Fulton County, Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 58 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: Jun 21, 2010, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2010, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fulton County, IL, Schuyler County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 21, 4:36 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2621 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 7.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

129 
WFUS53 KILX 220017
TORILX
ILC057-169-220115-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0024.100622T0017Z-100622T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
717 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.

* AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FANDON...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF MACOMB...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSHVILLE...BROOKLYN...LITTLETON...VERMONT...IPAVA...ASTORIA...
  BROWNING...RAY...TABLE GROVE...FREDERICK...MARBLETOWN...DUNCAN
  MILLS AND BLUFF CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4029 9091 4028 9047 4040 9046 4036 9006
      4035 9006 4023 9016 4016 9027 4013 9038
      4008 9040 4007 9043 4004 9044 4020 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 286DEG 26KT 4033 9075

$$

AUTEN

2 follow-up statements

316 
WWUS53 KILX 220039
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
739 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010

ILC057-169-220115-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-100622T0115Z/
FULTON IL-SCHUYLER IL-
739 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SCHUYLER AND SOUTHERN
FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 734 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR INDUSTRY...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF RUSHVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSHVILLE...VERMONT...IPAVA...ASTORIA...RAY...TABLE GROVE...
  MARBLETOWN AND DUNCAN MILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4029 9076 4028 9047 4040 9046 4036 9006
      4023 9016 4016 9027 4013 9038 4008 9040
      4007 9043 4004 9044 4021 9078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 286DEG 26KT 4028 9054

$$

AUTEN

038 
WWUS53 KILX 220114
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
814 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010

ILC057-169-220124-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-100622T0115Z/
FULTON IL-SCHUYLER IL-
814 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SCHUYLER AND SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4029 9076 4028 9047 4040 9046 4036 9006
      4023 9016 4016 9027 4013 9038 4008 9040
      4007 9043 4004 9044 4021 9078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 286DEG 26KT 4021 9022

$$

AUTEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 7:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Vermilion	6 hr
Jun 21, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Mason	47 min
Jun 21, 8:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Vermilion	21 min
Jun 21, 8:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Fulton, Schuyler	6 hr
Jun 21, 9:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Schuyler	6 hr
Jun 21, 9:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Edgar, Vermilion	6 hr
Jun 21, 9:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark	6 hr
Jun 21, 10:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Tazewell	66 min
Jun 21, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Mason, Menard, Tazewell	61 min
Jun 21, 11:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Logan, Mason, Menard, Tazewell	6 hr
Jun 21, 11:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	McLean	53 min
Jun 22, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	37 min
Jun 22, 1:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Schuyler, Tazewell	6 hr
Jun 22, 1:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler	56 min
Jun 22, 1:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Vermilion	9 hr
Jun 22, 1:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Scott	62 min
Jun 22, 2:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	55 min
Jun 22, 2:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon, Shelby	37 min
Jun 22, 3:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Scott	6 hr
Jun 22, 6:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Schuyler, Tazewell	6 hr
Jun 22, 8:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Peoria	6 hr
Jun 22, 9:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Christian, Shelby	6 hr
Jun 22, 9:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason, Tazewell	6 hr
Jun 22, 9:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Logan, Menard	6 hr
Jun 22, 9:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Menard	6 hr
Jun 22, 10:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Logan, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt	6 hr
Jun 22, 10:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	55 min
Jun 22, 10:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Macon	6 hr
Jun 22, 10:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	5 hr
Jun 22, 10:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Moultrie	6 hr
Jun 22, 11:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Scott	5 hr
Jun 22, 11:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Cass, Morgan	53 min
Jun 22, 11:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Christian, Sangamon, Shelby	5 hr
Jun 22, 11:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	5 hr
Jun 22, 11:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Logan, Sangamon	54 min
Jun 22, 1:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Richland	41 min
Jun 22, 3:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Logan	24 hr
Jun 22, 3:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Sangamon	71 hr
Jun 22, 3:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Menard	6 days

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.