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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2010, 2:06 PM CDT for Coles County, Douglas County, Moultrie County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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
- Jul 19, 2010, 2:06 PM CDT (19:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2010, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Moultrie County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2:24 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Allenville, IL | AT 121 AND 1675 EAST. POWER LINES WERE BLOWN OVER AT NEAR 45 DEGREE ANGLE. SWOP REPORT. |
| Jul 19, 2:24 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Allenville, IL | 8 TO 12 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN. ONE TREE ON TOP OF A GARAGE. SWOP REPORT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -358 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
287 WFUS53 KILX 191906 TORILX ILC029-041-139-191945- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0026.100719T1906Z-100719T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 206 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CENTRAL MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 245 PM CDT. * AT 203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SULLIVAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COOKS MILL...HUMBOLDT...ARCOLA...HINDSBORO...RARDIN...OAKLAND... CHESTERVILLE...FAIRGRANGE AND BUSHTON. 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 3980 8802 3956 8802 3953 8865 3966 8868 TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 265DEG 34KT 3961 8853 $$ SHIMON
2 follow-up statements
648 WWUS53 KILX 191919 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 219 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 ILC139-191929- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-100719T1945Z/ MOULTRIE IL- 219 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MOULTRIE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM. LAT...LON 3954 8847 3970 8847 3980 8802 3956 8802 TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 267DEG 32KT 3961 8839 $$ ILC029-041-191945- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-100719T1945Z/ COLES IL-DOUGLAS IL- 219 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN COLES COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT... AT 216 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COOKS MILL...OR 10 MILES EAST OF SULLIVAN... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HUMBOLDT...ARCOLA...HINDSBORO...RARDIN...OAKLAND...FAIRGRANGE AND BUSHTON. 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 3954 8847 3970 8847 3980 8802 3956 8802 TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 267DEG 32KT 3961 8839 $$ SHIMON
352 WWUS53 KILX 191947 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 247 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 ILC029-041-191956- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-100719T1945Z/ COLES IL-DOUGLAS IL- 247 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN COLES COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN COLES COUNTIES UNTIL 3 PM. LAT...LON 3954 8847 3970 8847 3980 8802 3956 8802 TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 267DEG 32KT 3961 8839 $$ MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 10:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass, Mason, Schuyler | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Menard, Schuyler | 66 min |
| Jul 19, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 61 min |
| Jul 19, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 64 min |
| Jul 19, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Douglas | 65 min |
| Jul 19, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 65 min |
| Jul 19, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 5:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Schuyler | 6 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.