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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2011, 6:22 PM CDT for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 25 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
- Apr 19, 2011, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2011, 6:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Christian County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 6:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | Kincaid, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
903 WFUS53 KILX 192322 TORILX ILC021-200000- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0013.110419T2322Z-110420T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 622 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT. * AT 620 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR KINCAID...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF TAYLORVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EDINBURG...STONINGTON...SHARPSBURG AND WILLEYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3977 8916 3956 8914 3952 8943 3963 8947 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 250DEG 45KT 3958 8938 $$ CHURCHILL
2 follow-up statements
095 WWUS53 KILX 192335 RRA SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 635 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ILC021-200000- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110420T0000Z/ CHRISTIAN IL- 635 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STONINGTON...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF TAYLORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF TAYLORVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3954 8930 3968 8932 3977 8916 3956 8914 TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 250DEG 45KT 3963 8920 $$ CHURCHILL
582 WWUS53 KILX 192347 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 647 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ILC021-192357- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110420T0000Z/ CHRISTIAN IL- 647 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. LAT...LON 3954 8930 3968 8932 3977 8916 3956 8914 TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 250DEG 45KT 3968 8902 $$ CHURCHILL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 5:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott | 90 min |
| Apr 19, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 64 min |
| Apr 19, 5:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham, Shelby | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 9:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Jasper | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 9:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 9:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Edgar | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 9:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Clark, Coles, Edgar | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 12:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 84 days |
| Apr 19, 12:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Brown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler | 86 days |
| Apr 19, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Peoria | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox, Stark | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 21 min |
| Apr 19, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon, Piatt | 36 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.