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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Lincoln, IL

November 14, 2011Moultrie County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 3:42 AM CST for Moultrie County, Illinois. It was in force for 15 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: Nov 14, 2011, 3:42 AM CST (09:42 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2011, 3:57 AM CST
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Moultrie County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3031 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 401 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.

756 
WFUS53 KILX 140942
TORILX
ILC139-141030-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0055.111114T0942Z-111114T1030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
342 AM CST MON NOV 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 430 AM CST.

* AT 339 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF FINDLAY...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  SULLIVAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SULLIVAN AND ALLENVILLE.

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 3945 8858 3948 8858 3948 8860 3949 8860
      3949 8862 3952 8864 3952 8872 3961 8873
      3967 8847 3946 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0942Z 251DEG 43KT 3954 8861

$$

SHIMON

2 follow-up statements

384 
WWUS53 KILX 140951
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
351 AM CST MON NOV 14 2011

ILC139-141030-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-111114T1030Z/
MOULTRIE IL-
351 AM CST MON NOV 14 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE
COUNTY UNTIL 430 AM CST...

AT 349 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALLENVILLE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SULLIVAN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

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 3947 8858 3948 8859 3962 8862 3967 8847
      3951 8847 3950 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0951Z 260DEG 45KT 3955 8847

$$

SHIMON

829 
WWUS53 KILX 140957
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
357 AM CST MON NOV 14 2011

ILC139-141007-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-111114T1030Z/
MOULTRIE IL-
357 AM CST MON NOV 14 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
MOULTRIE COUNTY UNTIL 445 AM CST.

LAT...LON 3947 8858 3948 8859 3962 8862 3967 8847
      3951 8847 3950 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0957Z 260DEG 45KT 3956 8837

$$

SHIMON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 14, 3:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Shelby	51 min
Nov 14, 3:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Coles	24 min
Nov 14, 12:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Vermilion	39 min
Nov 14, 1:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	39 min
Nov 14, 1:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Vermilion	30 min
Nov 14, 1:54 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Vermilion	66 min
Nov 14, 3:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland	42 min
Nov 14, 4:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Lawrence, Richland	40 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.