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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Dec 31, 2010, 1:10 PM CST for McLean County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 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, 1:10 PM CST (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2010, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McLean County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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.
457
WFUS53 KILX 311910
TORILX
ILC113-203-312000-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0039.101231T1910Z-101231T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
110 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 200 PM CST.
* AT 108 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CARLOCK...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUDSON...EL PASO...LEXINGTON...GRIDLEY...CHENOA...EVERGREEN LAKE...
KAPPA...LAKE BLOOMINGTON AND WESTON.
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 4082 8892 4076 8892 4076 8859 4075 8859
4045 8913 4059 8927 4083 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 229DEG 26KT 4056 8911
$$
HJS2 follow-up statements
067
WWUS53 KILX 311938
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
138 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
ILC203-311948-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-101231T2000Z/
WOODFORD IL-
138 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WOODFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4076 8859 4075 8859 4046 8910 4061 8913
4061 8911 4063 8909 4063 8905 4066 8904
4067 8899 4071 8899 4076 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 230DEG 52KT 4061 8896
$$
ILC113-312000-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-101231T2000Z/
MCLEAN IL-
138 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL MCLEAN
COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM CST...
AT 135 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HUDSON...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEXINGTON...GRIDLEY...CHENOA...LAKE BLOOMINGTON AND WESTON.
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 4076 8859 4075 8859 4046 8910 4061 8913
4061 8911 4063 8909 4063 8905 4066 8904
4067 8899 4071 8899 4076 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 230DEG 52KT 4061 8896
$$
HJS135
WWUS53 KILX 311952
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
152 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
ILC113-312002-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-101231T2000Z/
MCLEAN IL-
152 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
200 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM.
LAT...LON 4076 8859 4075 8859 4046 8910 4061 8913
4061 8911 4063 8909 4063 8905 4066 8904
4067 8899 4071 8899 4076 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 230DEG 52KT 4059 8899
$$
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, 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, 12:13 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, 1:21 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.