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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2011, 3:48 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 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, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2011, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cumberland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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 325 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.
696
WFUS53 KILX 152048
TORILX
ILC035-152130-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0050.110615T2048Z-110615T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
348 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 430 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 NEOGA...OR 11 MILES WEST OF TOLEDO...AND
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOLEDO...JEWETT...GREENUP AND WOODBURY.
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 3928 8809 3917 8807 3917 8826 3927 8847
3934 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 288DEG 18KT 3929 8842
$$
HJS1 follow-up statement
282
WWUS53 KILX 152129
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
429 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011
ILC035-152139-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110615T2130Z/
CUMBERLAND IL-
429 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
430 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. A NEW TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST
CUMBERLAND COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM.
LAT...LON 3928 8809 3917 8807 3917 8826 3927 8847
3934 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 288DEG 18KT 3923 8817
$$
CHSThe 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, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland | 31 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.