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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 7, 2011Edgar County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2011, 6:24 PM CDT for Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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: May 7, 2011, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Edgar County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 7, 6:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 W Chrisman, IL
May 7, 7:16 PM CDT	HAIL 1	6 E Paris, 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
May 7, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

181 
WFUS53 KILX 072324
TORILX
ILC045-080015-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0029.110507T2324Z-110508T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
624 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.

* AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  AN ADDITIONAL TORNADIC ROTATION WITH THE STORM IN NORTHERN EDGAR
  COUNTY. THE NEW POTENTIAL TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF
  METCALF...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PARIS...METCALF...EDGAR AND EDGAR COUNTY AIRPORT.

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 3973 8754 3962 8757 3956 8774 3983 8791
      3987 8787
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 311DEG 25KT 3982 8780

$$

CHURCHILL

2 follow-up statements

589 
WWUS53 KILX 072345
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
645 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2011

ILC045-080015-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110508T0015Z/
EDGAR IL-
645 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN EDGAR COUNTY UNTIL
715 PM CDT...

AT 641 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF CHRISMAN...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF
PARIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PARIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3971 8779 3980 8771 3973 8754 3962 8757
      3956 8774
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 319DEG 26KT 3969 8768

$$

CHURCHILL

705 
WWUS53 KILX 080013
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
713 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2011

ILC045-080022-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110508T0015Z/
EDGAR IL-
713 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN EDGAR COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM
CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL MOVING THROUGH EDGAR 
COUNTY. BE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER. 

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTHEASTERN 
EDGAR COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM.

LAT...LON 3971 8779 3980 8771 3973 8754 3962 8757
      3956 8774
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 319DEG 26KT 3954 8751

$$

CHURCHILL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 4:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	39 min
May 7, 4:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Vermilion	46 min
May 7, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	46 min
May 7, 5:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign	31 min
May 7, 5:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Lawrence	4 days
May 7, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	50 min
May 7, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	51 min
May 7, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar, Vermilion	42 min
May 7, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar	25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.