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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 2, 2012Lawrence County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 1:15 PM CST for Lawrence County, Illinois. It was in force for 13 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: Mar 2, 2012, 1:15 PM CST (19:15 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 1:28 PM CST
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lawrence County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 2, 1:26 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 52	Lawrenceville, 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
Mar 2, 9:54 AM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 1770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 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.

041 
WFUS53 KILX 021915
TORILX
ILC101-021945-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0001.120302T1915Z-120302T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
115 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 145 PM CST.

* AT 113 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRIDGEPORT...OR NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSSELLVILLE...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 3867 8755 3867 8759
      3865 8760 3865 8779 3874 8783 3885 8755
      3886 8753 3874 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 258DEG 54KT 3872 8770

$$

BARNES

1 follow-up statement

218 
WWUS53 KILX 021928
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
128 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

ILC101-021938-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120302T1945Z/
LAWRENCE IL-
128 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

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

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

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST.

LAT...LON 3871 8752 3869 8752 3867 8755 3867 8759
      3865 8760 3865 8779 3874 8783 3885 8755
      3886 8753 3874 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 258DEG 54KT 3876 8745

$$

BARNES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 3:41 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 16 more	16 hr
Mar 2, 7:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby	40 min
Mar 2, 8:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and 1 more	45 min
Mar 2, 8:09 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Sangamon	51 min
Mar 2, 8:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	38 min
Mar 2, 8:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	33 min
Mar 2, 9:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Macon	54 min
Mar 2, 11:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	26 min
Mar 2, 11:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Edgar	30 min
Mar 2, 12:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay	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.