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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT for Clark County, Coles County, Cumberland County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 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 15, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2011, 4:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 330 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
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
925 WFUS53 KILX 152045 TORILX ILC023-029-035-152145- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0049.110615T2045Z-110615T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 345 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTH CENTRAL COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT. * AT 344 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JANESVILLE...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF TOLEDO... AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CASEY...MARTINSVILLE...FOX RIDGE STATE PARK...HUTTON AND UNION CENTER. 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 3943 8771 3918 8773 3932 8836 3943 8833 TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 278DEG 24KT 3936 8825 $$ HJS
1 follow-up statement
597 WWUS53 KILX 152116 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 416 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ILC023-029-035-152125- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110615T2145Z/ CLARK IL-COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL- 416 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CUMBERLAND...SOUTH CENTRAL COLES AND WESTERN CLARK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM. LAT...LON 3943 8771 3918 8773 3932 8836 3943 8833 TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 278DEG 24KT 3933 8799 $$ HJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 12:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Peoria | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 12:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 1:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Stark and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 2:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 5:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 5:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Macon, Moultrie, Piatt | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 6:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 24 hr |
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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.