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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Dec 31, 2010, 10:47 AM CST for Cass County, Morgan County, Scott County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 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
- Dec 31, 2010, 10:47 AM CST (16:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2010, 11:30 AM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cass County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Scott County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 10:34 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 450 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 427 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
470
WFUS53 KILX 311647
TORILX
ILC017-137-171-311730-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0034.101231T1647Z-101231T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1047 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1130 AM CST.
* AT 1044 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PLEASANT HILL...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PITTSFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINCHESTER...JACKSONVILLE...ALSEY...NAPLES...BLUFFS...EXETER...
MEREDOSIA...CHAPIN...ARENZVILLE...LITERBERRY...BLUFF SPRINGS...
ALEXANDER...FLORENCE...GLASGOW...OXVILLE...RIGGSTON...MERRITT...
LYNNVILLE...CONCORD AND LAKE JACKSONVILLE.
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 3979 9062 3983 9058 3987 9059 4007 9032
3972 9003 3952 9052 3952 9059 3958 9059
3964 9062 3967 9064 3970 9065
TIME...MOT...LOC 1647Z 232DEG 47KT 3948 9090
$$
HJS2 follow-up statements
863
WWUS53 KILX 311710
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1110 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
ILC017-137-171-311730-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-101231T1730Z/
SCOTT IL-MORGAN IL-CASS IL-
1110 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CASS...MORGAN AND
SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CST...
AT 1107 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRIGGSVILLE...OR 8 MILES EAST
OF PITTSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINCHESTER...JACKSONVILLE...ALSEY...NAPLES...BLUFFS...EXETER...
MEREDOSIA...CHAPIN...ARENZVILLE...LITERBERRY...BLUFF SPRINGS...
ALEXANDER...OXVILLE...RIGGSTON...MERRITT...LYNNVILLE...CONCORD...
LAKE JACKSONVILLE...JACKSONVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND SOUTH
JACKSONVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3979 9062 3983 9058 3987 9059 4007 9032
3972 9003 3952 9052 3952 9059 3958 9059
3964 9062 3967 9064 3970 9065
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 231DEG 48KT 3967 9061
$$
HJS466
WWUS53 KILX 311731
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1131 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
ILC017-137-171-311741-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-101231T1730Z/
SCOTT IL-MORGAN IL-CASS IL-
1131 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN CASS...MORGAN AND SCOTT COUNTIES
HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM.
LAT...LON 3979 9062 3983 9058 3987 9059 4007 9032
3972 9003 3952 9052 3952 9059 3958 9059
3964 9062 3967 9064 3970 9065
TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 231DEG 48KT 3966 9062
$$
HJSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 6:10 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Schuyler and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 31, 11:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 50 min |
| Dec 31, 12:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan | 30 min |
| Dec 31, 12:01 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Scott | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 12:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard, Tazewell | 32 min |
| Dec 31, 12:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard | 38 min |
| Dec 31, 1:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 50 min |
| Dec 31, 1:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 24 min |
| Dec 31, 1:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Richland, Shelby | 57 min |
| Dec 31, 3:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland, Jasper | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.