Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2010, 12:56 AM CDT for Fulton County, Knox County, Peoria County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 2, 2010, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2010, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Peoria County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 1:20 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 W Peoria, IL | AT INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 6 AND I-74 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2103 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
786
WFUS53 KILX 020556
TORILX
ILC057-095-143-020645-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0008.100602T0556Z-100602T0645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1256 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT.
* AT 1255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FARMINGTON...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF CANTON...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FARMINGTON...YATES CITY...ELMWOOD...TRIVOLI...BRIMFIELD...ELMORE...
LAURA...PRINCEVILLE...DUNLAP...KICKAPOO...MONICA AND ALTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4097 8997 4097 8949 4076 8964 4060 9002
4072 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0556Z 235DEG 30KT 4070 9004
$$
SMITH3 follow-up statements
380
WWUS53 KILX 020610
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
110 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010
ILC057-095-143-020645-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100602T0645Z/
FULTON IL-KNOX IL-PEORIA IL-
110 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PEORIA...SOUTHEASTERN KNOX
AND NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM CDT...
AT 105 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELMWOOD...OR 16 MILES WEST OF PEORIA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRIMFIELD...ELMORE...LAURA...PRINCEVILLE...DUNLAP...KICKAPOO...
MONICA AND ALTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4097 8997 4097 8949 4076 8964 4060 9002
4072 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0610Z 235DEG 30KT 4080 8987
$$
SMITH625
WWUS53 KILX 020619
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
119 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010
ILC057-095-020629-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100602T0645Z/
FULTON IL-KNOX IL-
119 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KNOX AND NORTHEASTERN FULTON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4075 8984 4084 8993 4096 8994 4097 8949
4076 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0619Z 235DEG 30KT 4084 8979
$$
ILC143-020645-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100602T0645Z/
PEORIA IL-
119 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PEORIA COUNTY
UNTIL 145 AM CDT...
AT 114 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRIMFIELD...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEORIA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRINCEVILLE...DUNLAP...MONICA AND ALTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4075 8984 4084 8993 4096 8994 4097 8949
4076 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0619Z 235DEG 30KT 4084 8979
$$
SMITH587
WWUS53 KILX 020643
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
143 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010
ILC143-020653-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100602T0645Z/
PEORIA IL-
143 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PEORIA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 145
AM CDT...
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 500 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 4075 8984 4084 8993 4096 8994 4097 8949
4076 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0643Z 235DEG 30KT 4095 8957
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 9:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 21 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 11:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Knox | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 55 min |
| Jun 2, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Knox, Schuyler | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 59 min |
| Jun 2, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Knox, Mason, Menard, Peoria and 2 more | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Marshall, Mason, Menard, Peoria and 3 more | 67 min |
| Jun 2, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Marshall, Tazewell, Woodford | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 1:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Menard, Morgan and 1 more | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 2:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Schuyler | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, McLean and 4 more | 68 min |
| Jun 2, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 1 more | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 1 more | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 6:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 11:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 56 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.