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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2011, 9:46 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 44 min. 3 reports 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, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2011, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 10:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Oblong, IL | |
| Apr 19, 10:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Robinson, IL | 6 TREES DOWN...ONE ON A HOUSE. ALSO SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Apr 19, 10:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Robinson, 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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 2409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 24.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
625
WFUS53 KILX 200246
TORILX
ILC033-079-101-159-200330-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0024.110420T0246Z-110420T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
946 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.
* AT 940 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NOBLE...OR 7 MILES WEST OF OLNEY...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROBINSON...CLAREMONT...DUNDAS...WEST LIBERTY...STE. MARIE...WILLOW
HILL...CHAUNCEY...HARDINVILLE...OBLONG...BIRDS...NEW HEBRON...FLAT
ROCK...EATON...PALESTINE...HUTSONVILLE...HUNT CITY...STOY...
CRAWFORD COUNTY AIRPORT AND TRIMBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3890 8752 3861 8817 3873 8828 3873 8826
3881 8825 3910 8800 3911 8765 3911 8762
3909 8762 3907 8757 3900 8757 3897 8752
3895 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 234DEG 52KT 3876 8811
$$
CHURCHILL2 follow-up statements
571
WWUS53 KILX 200306
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1006 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
ILC079-159-200315-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110420T0330Z/
JASPER IL-RICHLAND IL-
1006 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RICHLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3890 8752 3873 8791 3909 8793 3911 8762
3909 8762 3907 8757 3900 8757 3898 8755
3897 8752 3895 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 234DEG 52KT 3897 8777
$$
ILC033-101-200330-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110420T0330Z/
LAWRENCE IL-CRAWFORD IL-
1006 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CRAWFORD AND NORTHWESTERN
LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...
AT 1000 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARDINVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ROBINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS
EMBEDDED WITHIN A SQUALL LINE...AND OTHER TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH ALONG THE LINE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROBINSON...FLAT ROCK...EATON...PALESTINE...HUTSONVILLE...CRAWFORD
COUNTY AIRPORT AND TRIMBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3890 8752 3873 8791 3909 8793 3911 8762
3909 8762 3907 8757 3900 8757 3898 8755
3897 8752 3895 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 234DEG 52KT 3897 8777
$$
CHURCHILL185
WWUS53 KILX 200324
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1024 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
ILC033-101-200334-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110420T0330Z/
LAWRENCE IL-CRAWFORD IL-
1024 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CRAWFORD AND NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3890 8752 3873 8791 3909 8793 3911 8762
3909 8762 3907 8757 3900 8757 3898 8755
3897 8752 3895 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 234DEG 52KT 3913 8748
$$
CHURCHILLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 7:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 7:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Coles, Moultrie, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 20 min |
| Apr 19, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 8:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Douglas | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Edgar | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 59 min |
| Apr 19, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham, Shelby | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 8:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Effingham | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 9:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Piatt | 12 days |
| Apr 19, 9:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 18 days |
| Apr 19, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 17 min |
| Apr 20, 5:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 16 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.