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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Lincoln, IL

November 14, 2011Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 1:45 PM CST for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 min. 3 reports 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: Nov 14, 2011, 1:45 PM CST (19:45 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2011, 2:15 PM CST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 14, 1:45 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	7 W Bismarck, IL	REPORT OF FUNNEL CLOUD ALSO CONFIRMED BY A SPOTTER.
Nov 14, 1:56 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 60	3 S Henning, IL
Nov 14, 2:00 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	5 E Rossville, IL	GROUND COVERED WITH HAIL. SOME HAIL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 14, 11:41 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 83 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: 1725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 95 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 311 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.

952 
WFUS53 KILX 141945
TORILX
ILC183-142015-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0058.111114T1945Z-111114T2015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 PM CST.

* AT 141 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POTOMAC...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  DANVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROSSVILLE...BISMARCK AND ALVIN.

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 4020 8781 4036 8788 4048 8752 4028 8753
      4028 8752 4024 8752 4023 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 257DEG 43KT 4030 8771

$$

CHURCHILL

1 follow-up statement

682 
WWUS53 KILX 142006
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
206 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011

ILC183-142016-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-111114T2015Z/
VERMILION IL-
206 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
215 PM CST...

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

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST.

LAT...LON 4020 8781 4036 8788 4048 8752 4028 8753
      4028 8752 4024 8752 4023 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 257DEG 43KT 4036 8739

$$

CHURCHILL

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, 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, 1:54 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.