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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Dec 31, 2010, 12:13 PM CST for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 32 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, 12:13 PM CST (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2010, 12:45 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Logan County, IL, Mason County, IL, Menard County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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.
941 WFUS53 KILX 311813 TORILX ILC107-125-129-179-311845- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0037.101231T1813Z-101231T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1213 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... EAST CENTRAL MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTH CENTRAL MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 1245 PM CST. * AT 1212 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EASTON...OR 8 MILES WEST OF MASON CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MASON CITY...EASTON...SAN JOSE...EMDEN...DELAVAN...HOPEDALE... ARMINGTON AND DILLON. 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 4052 8945 4033 8928 4008 8989 4015 9000 TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 231DEG 47KT 4018 8982 $$ HJS
2 follow-up statements
944 WWUS53 KILX 311834 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1234 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ILC129-311844- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-101231T1845Z/ MENARD IL- 1234 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MENARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4020 8962 4030 8978 4052 8945 4033 8928 TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 231DEG 47KT 4035 8954 $$ ILC107-125-179-311845- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-101231T1845Z/ LOGAN IL-MASON IL-TAZEWELL IL- 1234 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN TAZEWELL... EAST CENTRAL MASON AND NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CST... AT 1230 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAN JOSE...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASON CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOPEDALE...ARMINGTON AND DILLON. 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 4020 8962 4030 8978 4052 8945 4033 8928 TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 231DEG 47KT 4035 8954 $$ HJS
167 WWUS53 KILX 311848 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1248 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ILC107-125-179-311857- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-101231T1845Z/ LOGAN IL-MASON IL-TAZEWELL IL- 1248 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TAZEWELL...EAST CENTRAL MASON AND NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND EAST CENTRAL MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 115 PM. LAT...LON 4020 8962 4030 8978 4052 8945 4033 8928 TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 231DEG 47KT 4035 8954 $$ HJS
The 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, 10:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 43 min |
| 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, 12:37 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 |
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.