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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 5:51 PM CDT for DeWitt County, McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 min. 5 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, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties DeWitt County, IL, McLean County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 5:52 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 E Heyworth, IL | TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST |
| May 25, 6:06 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 E Heyworth, IL | TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST |
| May 25, 6:09 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Se Downs, IL | SEMI BLOWN OVER AT I-74 MILE MARKER 145. FROM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STORM SUMMARY FOLLOWUP. |
| May 25, 6:11 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Le Roy, IL | TREE AND POWER POLES SNAPPED OFF |
| May 25, 6:13 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Downs, IL | SEMI BLOWN OVER AT I-74 MILE MARKER 145 |
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, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 30 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.
551 WFUS53 KILX 252251 TORILX ILC039-113-252315- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0037.110525T2251Z-110525T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 551 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTH CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT. * AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAPELLA...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HEYWORTH...LE ROY AND DOWNS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 152. 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 4045 8880 4033 8868 4011 8897 4021 8915 TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 211DEG 31KT 4023 8901 $$ BARKER
1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KILX 252308
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
608 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
ILC039-252317-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110525T2315Z/
DE WITT IL-
608 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN DE WITT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4045 8880 4033 8868 4028 8880 4028 8901
4029 8904 4041 8887
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 211DEG 31KT 4033 8887
$$
ILC113-252315-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110525T2315Z/
MCLEAN IL-
608 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MCLEAN
COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HEYWORTH...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF CLINTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LE ROY...DOWNS AND HOLDER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 151.
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 4045 8880 4033 8868 4028 8880 4028 8901
4029 8904 4041 8887
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 211DEG 31KT 4033 8887
$$
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, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham, Shelby | 31 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, 5:58 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.