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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2011, 6:38 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 67 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
- Jun 10, 2011, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Schuyler County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 6:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Brooklyn, IL | ONE LARGE TREE UPROOTED AND SEVERAL PINE TREES SNAPPED OFF |
| Jun 10, 6:59 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 W Brooklyn, IL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KILX 102338
TORILX
ILC169-110045-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0047.110610T2338Z-110611T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
638 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.
* AT 636 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF AUGUSTA...OR 27 MILES WEST OF
RUSHVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSHVILLE...BROOKLYN...LITTLETON...WEINBERG KING STATE PARK...
HUNTSVILLE...CAMDEN AND RAY.
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 4028 9091 4029 9091 4029 9081 4028 9045
4019 9045 4019 9044 4010 9045 4010 9091
4024 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 269DEG 27KT 4021 9104
$$
SHIMON3 follow-up statements
098
WWUS53 KILX 102352
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
652 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011
ILC169-110045-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110611T0045Z/
SCHUYLER IL-
652 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SCHUYLER COUNTY UNTIL 745
PM CDT...
AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AUGUSTA...OR 19 MILES WEST OF RUSHVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSHVILLE...BROOKLYN...LITTLETON...HUNTSVILLE...CAMDEN AND RAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4028 9091 4029 9091 4029 9081 4028 9045
4019 9045 4019 9044 4010 9045 4010 9091
4024 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 270DEG 31KT 4020 9088
$$
SHIMON127
WWUS53 KILX 110027
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
727 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011
ILC169-110045-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110611T0045Z/
SCHUYLER IL-
727 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL SCHUYLER COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LITTLETON...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF RUSHVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY.
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 4028 9062 4028 9045 4019 9045 4019 9044
4010 9045 4010 9061
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 270DEG 31KT 4020 9049
$$
SHIMON060
WWUS53 KILX 110041
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
741 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011
ILC169-110050-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110611T0045Z/
SCHUYLER IL-
741 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SCHUYLER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745
PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SCHUYLER
COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM.
LAT...LON 4028 9062 4028 9045 4019 9045 4019 9044
4010 9045 4010 9061
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 270DEG 31KT 4020 9034
$$
SHIMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 10:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Putnam | 5 days |
| Jun 10, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Jasper | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 3:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clay | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Effingham | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 77 min |
| Jun 10, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.