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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2012, 5:21 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 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
- May 6, 2012, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 5:24 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Hoopeston, IL | RELAYED BY EMA |
| May 6, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Hoopeston, IL | |
| May 6, 5:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hoopeston, IL | POWER POLES DOWN NEAR JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 1 AND 9. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 2922 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
986
WFUS53 KILX 062221
TORILX
ILC183-062300-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0012.120506T2221Z-120506T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
521 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.
* AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOOPESTON...OR 22 MILES EAST OF PAXTON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOOPESTON.
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 4043 8753 4043 8770 4049 8773 4050 8759
4050 8753 4049 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 258DEG 20KT 4045 8768
$$
BAK2 follow-up statements
607
WWUS53 KILX 062233
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
533 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
ILC183-062300-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120506T2300Z/
VERMILION IL-
533 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN VERMILION
COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 532 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOOPESTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4043 8753 4044 8767 4049 8769 4050 8759
4050 8753 4049 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 258DEG 20KT 4046 8759
$$
BAK052
WWUS53 KILX 062252
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
552 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
ILC183-062302-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120506T2300Z/
VERMILION IL-
552 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 600 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4043 8753 4044 8767 4049 8769 4050 8759
4050 8753 4049 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 258DEG 20KT 4048 8745
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Stark | 54 min |
| May 6, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Stark | 39 min |
| May 6, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall | 53 min |
| May 6, 3:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Marshall, Stark | 6 hr |
| May 6, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 57 min |
| May 6, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 45 min |
| May 6, 6:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 6 hr |
| May 6, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Vermilion | 27 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.