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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Lincoln, IL

November 14, 2011Coles County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 3:56 AM CST for Coles County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 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, 3:56 AM CST (09:56 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2011, 4:20 AM CST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Coles County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 70 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.

845 
WFUS53 KILX 140956
TORILX
ILC029-141030-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0056.111114T0956Z-111114T1030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 430 AM CST.

* AT 352 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COOKS MILL...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MATTOON...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUMBOLDT...RARDIN...OAKLAND...FAIRGRANGE AND BUSHTON.

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 3950 8847 3965 8847 3965 8836 3965 8807
      3967 8806 3967 8797 3955 8796 3954 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 0956Z 257DEG 43KT 3957 8840

$$

SHIMON

1 follow-up statement

099 
WWUS53 KILX 141020
SVSILX

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

ILC029-141028-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-111114T1030Z/
COLES IL-
420 AM CST MON NOV 14 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN COLES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE ROTATION IN THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS 
WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO PRODUCE A 
TORNADO.

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

LAT...LON 3950 8847 3965 8847 3965 8836 3965 8807
      3967 8806 3967 8797 3955 8796 3954 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 1018Z 257DEG 43KT 3963 8807

$$

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, 3:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Moultrie	15 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

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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.