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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 15, 20114 counties in Illinois

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 4:58 PM CDTHAIL 0.757 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

HJS
2 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

$$

CHS
262 
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

$$

CHS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 12:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXPeoria52 min
Jun 15, 12:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXKnox43 min
Jun 15, 1:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Stark and 2 more6 hr
Jun 15, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMcLean39 min
Jun 15, 2:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler4 hr
Jun 15, 3:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXMcLean, Tazewell, Woodford6 hr
Jun 15, 4:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXChampaign59 min
Jun 15, 5:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXChristian59 min
Jun 15, 5:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXChristian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby4 hr
Jun 15, 5:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMacon, Moultrie, Piatt6 hr
Jun 15, 6:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar, Vermilion28 min
Jun 15, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Shelby30 min
Jun 15, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClark, Coles, Cumberland31 min
Jun 15, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCumberland42 min
Jun 15, 6:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXFulton, Knox24 hr

Nearby

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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.