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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 6:21 AM CDT for Clay County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 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
- Oct 26, 2010, 6:21 AM CDT (11:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2010, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Clay County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 6:24 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 56 | 1 E Flora, IL | WIND GUST MEASURED BY KFOA AWOS...TIME ESTIMATED |
| Oct 26, 6:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sailor Springs, IL | 18 INCH DIAMETER TREE BLOWN DOWN ON TRAILER...TIME ESTIMATED |
| Oct 26, 6:33 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Flora, IL | TREE BLOWN ON HOUSE...TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Oct 26, 6:33 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 56 | Flora, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 3:28 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 332 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
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
459
WFUS53 KILX 261121
TORILX
ILC025-261145-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0032.101026T1121Z-101026T1145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
621 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 645 AM CDT.
* AT 619 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR XENIA...OR 7 MILES WEST OF FLORA...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORA...LOUISVILLE...CLAY CITY...SAILOR SPRINGS AND BIBLE GROVE.
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.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3861 8869 3873 8870 3892 8845 3891 8844
3876 8826 3874 8828 3874 8829 3872 8829
3862 8836 3861 8861
TIME...MOT...LOC 1121Z 235DEG 57KT 3871 8856
$$
AUTEN2 follow-up statements
513 WWUS53 KILX 261133 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 633 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ILC025-261145- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-101026T1145Z/ CLAY IL- 633 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY UNTIL 645 AM CDT... AT 629 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAILOR SPRINGS...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF FLORA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CLAY COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3885 8854 3892 8845 3877 8827 3871 8849 TIME...MOT...LOC 1133Z 235DEG 57KT 3882 8836 $$ AUTEN
352 WWUS53 KILX 261138 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 638 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ILC025-261147- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-101026T1145Z/ CLAY IL- 638 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 AM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CLAY...COLES...CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS...EFFINGHAM...JASPER...NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 7 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3885 8854 3892 8845 3877 8827 3871 8849 TIME...MOT...LOC 1137Z 235DEG 57KT 3885 8829 $$ AUTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 38 min |
| Oct 26, 1:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 49 min |
| Oct 26, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 44 min |
| Oct 26, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 23 min |
| Oct 26, 2:56 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Knox, McLean and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 24 min |
| Oct 26, 3:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 43 min |
| Oct 26, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria | 34 min |
| Oct 26, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Stark | 36 min |
| Oct 26, 4:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Menard | 48 min |
| Oct 26, 4:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 25 min |
| Oct 26, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Logan, Morgan, Sangamon | 54 min |
| Oct 26, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford | 46 min |
| Oct 26, 6:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Effingham, Jasper and 2 more | 51 min |
| Oct 26, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 3 more | 41 min |
| Oct 26, 7:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 20 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.