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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2011, 4:20 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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 15, 2011, 4:20 PM CDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Jasper County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 4:58 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 7 Nw Robinson, IL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 345 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
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
303
WFUS53 KILX 152120
TORILX
ILC023-033-035-079-152200-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0051.110615T2120Z-110615T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
420 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.
* AT 416 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAZEL DELL...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TOLEDO...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAZEL DELL...ANNAPOLIS...EATON...HUTSONVILLE...YALE...BELLAIR AND
TRIMBLE.
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 3914 8765 3913 8765 3899 8770 3915 8815
3923 8810 3916 8764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 287DEG 21KT 3918 8807
$$
HJS2 follow-up statements
539
WWUS53 KILX 152147
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
447 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011
ILC023-035-079-152157-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-110615T2200Z/
JASPER IL-CLARK IL-CUMBERLAND IL-
447 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND...SOUTHWESTERN
CLARK AND NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3899 8770 3908 8795 3917 8795 3916 8766
3915 8764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 300DEG 24KT 3910 8784
$$
ILC033-152200-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-110615T2200Z/
CRAWFORD IL-
447 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD
COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT...
AT 444 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EATON...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROBINSON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROBINSON...EATON...HUTSONVILLE AND TRIMBLE.
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 3899 8770 3908 8795 3917 8795 3916 8766
3915 8764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 300DEG 24KT 3910 8784
$$
CHS262
WWUS53 KILX 152200
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
500 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011
ILC033-152211-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-110615T2200Z/
CRAWFORD IL-
500 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3899 8770 3908 8795 3917 8795 3916 8766
3915 8764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 300DEG 24KT 3910 8784
$$
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, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.