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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2012, 7:39 PM CDT for Knox County, Peoria County, Stark County, Illinois. It was in force for 18 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
- Jun 16, 2012, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2012, 7:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Knox County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Stark County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 573 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
390 WFUS53 KILX 170039 TORILX ILC095-143-175-170130- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0013.120617T0039Z-120617T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 739 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT. * AT 734 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WILLIAMSFIELD...OR 19 MILES EAST OF GALESBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAURA...WEST JERSEY...TOULON...WYOMING...CASTLETON...BRADFORD... MONICA AND DUNCAN. 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 4098 8964 4086 9003 4099 9014 4120 8964 TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 244DEG 28KT 4095 8997 $$ BAK
2 follow-up statements
838 WWUS53 KILX 170050 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 750 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ILC095-170100- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120617T0130Z/ KNOX IL- 750 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4098 8964 4091 8993 4105 8994 4117 8964 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 244DEG 28KT 4098 8988 $$ ILC143-175-170130- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120617T0130Z/ PEORIA IL-STARK IL- 750 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN STARK AND NORTH CENTRAL PEORIA COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST JERSEY...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF KEWANEE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WYOMING...CASTLETON AND DUNCAN. 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 4098 8964 4091 8993 4105 8994 4117 8964 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 244DEG 28KT 4098 8988 $$ BAK
291 WWUS53 KILX 170057 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 757 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ILC143-175-170107- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120617T0130Z/ PEORIA IL-STARK IL- 757 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN STARK AND NORTH CENTRAL PEORIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4098 8964 4091 8993 4105 8994 4117 8964 TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 244DEG 28KT 4100 8981 $$ BAK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Tazewell | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 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.