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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2011, 5:36 PM CDT for Champaign County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2011, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Champaign County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 2009 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KILX 092236
TORILX
ILC019-183-092315-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0046.110609T2236Z-110609T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
536 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.
* AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PAXTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GIFFORD...POTOMAC...ROSSVILLE...ARMSTRONG...MIDDLE FORK WILDLIFE
AREA...COLLISON...HENNING 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4012 8773 4034 8815 4041 8812 4041 8800
4040 8796 4041 8794 4045 8794 4045 8793
4036 8756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 293DEG 25KT 4039 8807
$$
GOETSCH3 follow-up statements
293
WWUS53 KILX 092250
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
550 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011
ILC019-183-092315-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110609T2315Z/
VERMILION IL-CHAMPAIGN IL-
550 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN AND
NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GIFFORD...OR 9 MILES EAST OF RANTOUL...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POTOMAC...ROSSVILLE...ARMSTRONG...MIDDLE FORK WILDLIFE AREA...
COLLISON...HENNING AND ALVIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4012 8773 4031 8809 4041 8800 4040 8796
4041 8794 4045 8794 4045 8793 4036 8756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 292DEG 25KT 4033 8797
$$
GOETSCH508
WWUS53 KILX 092305
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
605 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011
ILC019-092312-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110609T2315Z/
CHAMPAIGN IL-
605 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4012 8773 4023 8793 4031 8793 4036 8789
4044 8787 4036 8756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 292DEG 25KT 4030 8785
$$
ILC183-092315-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110609T2315Z/
VERMILION IL-
605 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 600 PM CDT...COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TRAINED WEATHER
SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER ARMSTRONG. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARMSTRONG...POTOMAC...ROSSVILLE...MIDDLE FORK
WILDLIFE AREA...COLLISON...HENNING AND ALVIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...IF A TORNADO IS SITED. TAKE COVER. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4012 8773 4023 8793 4031 8793 4036 8789
4044 8787 4036 8756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 292DEG 25KT 4030 8785
$$
GOETSCH349
WWUS53 KILX 092315
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
615 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011
ILC183-092325-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110609T2315Z/
VERMILION IL-
615 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 4012 8773 4023 8793 4031 8793 4036 8789
4044 8787 4036 8756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 292DEG 25KT 4029 8782
$$
GOETSCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 5:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox | 60 min |
| Jun 9, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Marshall, Stark | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 21 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.