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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 7:11 PM CDT for 9 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Champaign County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sw Marshall, IL | 12 POWER POLES BROKEN AND LINES DOWN. DAMAGE SCATTERED IN AN AREA PARALLELING I-70 FROM CLARK CENTER TO THE INDIANA BORDER. |
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 |
| May 25, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 337 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.
246
WFUS53 KILX 260011
TORILX
ILC019-023-029-033-035-041-045-079-183-260100-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0042.110526T0011Z-110526T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
711 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EXTREME NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OAKLAND...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TUSCOLA...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARSHALL...PARIS...NEWMAN...BROADLANDS...BROCTON...REDMON...
CLARKSVILLE...ALLERTON...HUME...WEST UNION...SIDELL...OLIVER...
DENNISON...CHRISMAN...VERMILION...RIDGE FARM...GEORGETOWN...
WESTVILLE...ISABEL AND BORTON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 177 AND 221.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 154.
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 3931 8761 3926 8760 3926 8757 3920 8758
3915 8765 3917 8846 3918 8846 3994 8828
4008 8753 3935 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 257DEG 49KT 3970 8799
$$
BARNES1 follow-up statement
420
WWUS53 KILX 260049
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
749 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
ILC019-079-260100-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110526T0100Z/
JASPER IL-CHAMPAIGN IL-
749 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN AND EXTREME
NORTHERN JASPER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3931 8761 3926 8760 3926 8757 3920 8758
3915 8765 3917 8816 4001 8791 4008 8753
3937 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 257DEG 49KT 3982 8732
$$
ILC023-029-033-035-041-045-183-260100-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110526T0100Z/
VERMILION IL-CLARK IL-COLES IL-CRAWFORD IL-CUMBERLAND IL-DOUGLAS IL-
EDGAR IL-
749 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EDGAR...NORTHEASTERN
DOUGLAS...EASTERN CUMBERLAND...NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD...EASTERN
COLES...CLARK AND SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
AT 747 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF NEWPORT...OR 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
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 3931 8761 3926 8760 3926 8757 3920 8758
3915 8765 3917 8816 4001 8791 4008 8753
3937 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 257DEG 49KT 3982 8732
$$
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, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 52 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.