Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 1:10 PM CDT for Effingham County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 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
- May 25, 2011, 1:10 PM CDT (18:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 1:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Effingham County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:16 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Cowden, IL | |
| May 25, 1:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Windsor, IL | |
| May 25, 1:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 N Stewardson, 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 25, 11:09 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1832 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 10.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
661
WFUS53 KILX 251810
TORILX
ILC049-173-251900-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0033.110525T1810Z-110525T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
110 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT.
* AT 107 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COWDEN...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF SHELBYVILLE...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKEWOOD...BEECHER CITY...SHUMWAY...STEWARDSON...WINDSOR...MODE...
CLARKSBURG...STRASBURG...SIGEL AND TROWBRIDGE.
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 3913 8881 3921 8882 3921 8898 3926 8901
3948 8861 3947 8858 3945 8858 3945 8851
3944 8847 3922 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 246DEG 34KT 3922 8886
$$
BARKER2 follow-up statements
779
WWUS53 KILX 251829
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
129 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
ILC049-173-251900-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110525T1900Z/
SHELBY IL-EFFINGHAM IL-
129 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM AND
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SHELBY COUNTY
UNTIL 200 PM.
AT 126 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF STEWARDSON...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF
SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHUMWAY...STEWARDSON...WINDSOR...STRASBURG...SIGEL AND TROWBRIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 8881 3921 8882 3921 8898 3926 8901
3948 8861 3947 8858 3945 8858 3945 8851
3944 8847 3922 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 251DEG 22KT 3926 8871
$$
BARKER683
WWUS53 KILX 251841
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
141 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
ILC049-173-251851-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110525T1900Z/
SHELBY IL-EFFINGHAM IL-
141 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN
SHELBY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM.
LAT...LON 3913 8881 3921 8882 3921 8898 3926 8901
3948 8861 3947 8858 3945 8858 3945 8851
3944 8847 3922 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 251DEG 22KT 3928 8861
$$
BARKERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 65 min |
| May 25, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon | 58 min |
| May 25, 6:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 63 min |
| May 25, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Piatt | 13 min |
| May 25, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 44 min |
| May 25, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 7 days |
| May 25, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 7 days |
| May 25, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 61 min |
| May 25, 12:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 6 hr |
| May 25, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 66 min |
| May 25, 1:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 10 hr |
| May 25, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie | 51 min |
| May 25, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 23 min |
| May 25, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 38 min |
| May 25, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 25 min |
| May 25, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 43 min |
| May 25, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 58 min |
| May 25, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 25 min |
| May 25, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Morgan, Schuyler | 61 min |
| May 25, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 57 min |
| May 25, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 51 min |
| May 25, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 60 min |
| May 25, 5:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Schuyler | 3 hr |
| May 25, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| May 25, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 32 min |
| May 25, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Tazewell | 35 min |
| May 25, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Piatt, Shelby | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt | 37 min |
| May 25, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, McLean, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 60 min |
| May 25, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 24 min |
| May 25, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Piatt | 47 min |
| May 25, 6:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 116 min |
| May 25, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 49 min |
| May 25, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 40 min |
| May 25, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, McLean, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 40 min |
| May 25, 6:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox | 4 hr |
| May 25, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 33 min |
| May 25, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt | 33 min |
| May 25, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 37 min |
| May 25, 6:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt | 4 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.