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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 4:05 PM CST for Lawrence County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 min. 6 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, 4:05 PM CST (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2011, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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, 4:13 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 2 E Birds, IL | |
| Nov 14, 4:13 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Birds, IL | CORRECTION FOR LOCATION...PREVIOUSLY ENTERED AS 2 MILES EAST OF BIRDS. |
| Nov 14, 4:15 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Petrolia, IL | LARGE TREE FELL ON POWER LINES...TAKING ABOUT A HALF MILE STRETCH OF LINES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Nov 14, 4:16 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Sumner, IL | |
| Nov 14, 4:31 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 7 E Birds, IL | 4 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN IN RUSSELLVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Nov 14, 4:41 PM CST | HAIL 0.25 | 7 E Birds, IL |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
239
WFUS53 KILX 142205
TORILX
ILC101-159-142245-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0059.111114T2205Z-111114T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
405 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
EASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CST.
* AT 403 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAREMONT...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAWRENCEVILLE...CLAREMONT...SUMNER...CHAUNCEY...BRIDGEPORT...
BIRDS...RUSSELLVILLE...RED HILLS STATE PARK...PETROLIA...BILLETT...
PINKSTAFF AND LAWRENCEVILLE AIRPORT.
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 3871 8752 3869 8752 3868 8754 3867 8757
3863 8808 3877 8809 3885 8783 3885 8752
3882 8752 3879 8749 3874 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 253DEG 35KT 3869 8800
$$
CHURCHILL2 follow-up statements
990
WWUS53 KILX 142232
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
432 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011
ILC159-142242-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-111114T2245Z/
RICHLAND IL-
432 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3870 8753 3869 8755 3869 8759 3868 8767
3880 8768 3885 8768 3885 8752 3882 8752
3879 8749 3874 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 256DEG 50KT 3878 8749
$$
ILC101-142245-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-111114T2245Z/
LAWRENCE IL-
432 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE
COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CST...
AT 428 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELLVILLE...OR 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF VINCENNES...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 3870 8753 3869 8755 3869 8759 3868 8767
3880 8768 3885 8768 3885 8752 3882 8752
3879 8749 3874 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 256DEG 40KT 3878 8749
$$
CHURCHILL514
WWUS53 KILX 142240
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
440 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011
ILC101-142250-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-111114T2245Z/
LAWRENCE IL-
440 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 445 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST.
LAT...LON 3870 8753 3869 8755 3869 8759 3868 8767
3880 8768 3885 8768 3885 8752 3882 8752
3879 8749 3874 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 256DEG 40KT 3880 8738
$$
CHURCHILLThe 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, 1:45 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 |
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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.