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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 25, 20114 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 7:01 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 29 min. 7 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, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Richland County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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, 7:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Flora, IL	TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN...ONE TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON HOUSE
May 25, 7:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Clay City, IL	NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG ROUTE 50 FROM TWO MILES EAST OF CLAY CITY TO THE RICHLAND COUNTY LINE.
May 25, 7:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Clay City, IL	NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN IN TOWN
May 25, 7:22 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 82	4 Se Clay City, IL	MEASURED WITH DAVIS WEATHER-VIEW WIND EQUIPMENT.
May 25, 7:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Newton, IL	SEVERAL BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF NEWTON.
May 25, 7:35 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Nw Olney, IL	BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
May 25, 7:35 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Nw Olney, IL	BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN FIELD. FROM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STORM SUMMARY FOLLOWUP.

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 PDS	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 329 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: 1870 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 334 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 14.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

076 
WFUS53 KILX 260001
TORILX
ILC025-049-079-159-260030-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0040.110526T0001Z-110526T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
701 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  EASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.

* AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED
  TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE.
  THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  WATSON TO XENIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FLORA...NEWTON...OLNEY...LOUISVILLE...TEUTOPOLIS...BIBLE GROVE...
  DIETERICH...MONTROSE...SAILOR SPRINGS...CLAY CITY...INGAHAM...
  WHEELER...SCHNELL...NOBLE...BOGOTA...HIDALGO...PARKERSBURG...
  CALHOUN...WEST LIBERTY AND DUNDAS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 146 AND 164.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND 105.

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 3859 8816 3860 8865 3912 8863 3918 8846
      3917 8795 3885 8794 3885 8791 3857 8791
      3856 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 246DEG 54KT 3907 8851 3863 8853

$$

BARKER

2 follow-up statements

171 
WWUS53 KILX 260019
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
719 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

ILC025-049-079-159-260030-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110526T0030Z/
JASPER IL-RICHLAND IL-CLAY IL-EFFINGHAM IL-
719 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN EFFINGHAM...
EASTERN CLAY...RICHLAND AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES.  THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WHEELER TO CLAY CITY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEWTON...OLNEY...SCHNELL...BOGOTA...NOBLE...HIDALGO...
  PARKERSBURG...WEST LIBERTY...DUNDAS...STE. MARIE...WILLOW HILL...
  CALHOUN...CLAREMONT...WAKEFIELD...OLNEY NOBLE AIRPORT...ROSE
  HILL...SAM PARR STATE PARK...YALE...HUNT CITY AND BERRYVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 99 AND 105.

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 3859 8816 3860 8855 3909 8852 3918 8846
      3917 8795 3885 8794 3885 8791 3857 8791
      3856 8812 3857 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 246DEG 54KT 3912 8828 3868 8831

$$

BARKER

400 
WWUS53 KILX 260028
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
728 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

ILC025-049-079-159-260036-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110526T0030Z/
JASPER IL-RICHLAND IL-CLAY IL-EFFINGHAM IL-
728 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EFFINGHAM...NORTHEASTERN CLAY WILL EXPIRE 
AT 730 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR JASPER...RICHLAND..AND SOUTHEASTERN 
CLAY COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM.

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM.

LAT...LON 3859 8816 3860 8855 3909 8852 3918 8846
      3917 8795 3885 8794 3885 8791 3857 8791
      3856 8812 3857 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 246DEG 54KT 3916 8815 3872 8819

$$

BARKER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Edgar, Vermilion	4 hr
May 25, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	52 min
May 25, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 3 more	49 min
May 25, 7:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	51 min
May 25, 7:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Vermilion	37 min
May 25, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar, Vermilion	34 min
May 26, 10:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Piatt	6 days
May 26, 12:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Marshall, Putnam	13 days
May 26, 12:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	35 days

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.