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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 7:56 PM CDT for Clark County, Edgar County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 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, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clark County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 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. |
| May 25, 8:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Marshall, IL | TREE DOWN ON HOUSE |
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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 332 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
- 1430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
025
WFUS53 KILX 260056
TORILX
ILC023-045-183-260130-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0045.110526T0056Z-110526T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
756 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.
* AT 751 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
SIDELL TO REDMON TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANNAPOLIS...AND MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARIS...MARSHALL...CHRISMAN...RIDGE FARM...GEORGETOWN...
WESTVILLE...OLIVER...VERMILION...WEST UNION...DENNISON...ORANGE...
EDGAR...BELL RIDGE...EDGAR COUNTY AIRPORT...LINCOLN TRAIL STATE
PARK...SCOTTLAND...YORK AND DARWIN.
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.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 3934 8758 3931 8761 3926 8760 3926 8757
3921 8757 3917 8762 3918 8775 3917 8798
3959 8787 4004 8782 4008 8753 3935 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 267DEG 38KT 3997 8771 3960 8774
3919 8785
$$
BARNES1 follow-up statement
702
WWUS53 KILX 260125
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
825 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
ILC023-045-183-260135-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110526T0130Z/
VERMILION IL-CLARK IL-EDGAR IL-
825 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EDGAR...CLARK AND SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3934 8758 3931 8761 3926 8760 3926 8757
3921 8757 3917 8762 3918 8775 3917 8798
3959 8787 4004 8782 4008 8753 3935 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 267DEG 38KT 3998 8731 3961 8734
3921 8746
$$
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, 7:11 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 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.