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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 7:08 PM CDT for Champaign County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 52 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 25, 2011, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Champaign County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 68 | Ogden, IL | |
| May 25, 7:39 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Se Potomac, IL | SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE IN THE JAMESBURG AREA. ROADS ARE BLOCKED. |
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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
665
WFUS53 KILX 260008
TORILX
ILC019-183-260100-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0041.110526T0008Z-110526T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
708 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PHILO...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CHAMPAIGN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DANVILLE...SIDNEY...ST. JOSEPH...HOMER...OGDEN...FAIRMOUNT...
FITHIAN...GIFFORD...OAKWOOD...CATLIN...WESTVILLE...TILTON...
POTOMAC...RANKIN...ROSSVILLE...HOOPESTON...FLATVILLE...JAMAICA...
ROYAL AND KICKAPOO STATE PARK.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3989 8814 4008 8828 4040 8800 4041 8794
4047 8794 4049 8791 4050 8753 4004 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 236DEG 39KT 4002 8810
$$
BARNES1 follow-up statement
103
WWUS53 KILX 260044
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
744 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
ILC019-260054-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110526T0100Z/
CHAMPAIGN IL-
744 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4004 8753 3998 8793 4037 8793 4041 8794
4047 8794 4049 8791 4050 8754 4049 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 236DEG 39KT 4026 8781
$$
ILC183-260100-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110526T0100Z/
VERMILION IL-
744 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 800
PM CDT...
AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POTOMAC...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF DANVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DANVILLE...TILTON...POTOMAC...RANKIN...ROSSVILLE...HOOPESTON...
MIDDLE FORK WILDLIFE AREA...HENNING...VERMILION COUNTY AIRPORT...
BISMARCK AND ALVIN.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4004 8753 3998 8793 4037 8793 4041 8794
4047 8794 4049 8791 4050 8754 4049 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 236DEG 39KT 4026 8781
$$
BARNESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland | 29 min |
| May 25, 7:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 4 hr |
| 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 |
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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.