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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 2012, 3:41 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 37 min. 5 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
- Aug 16, 2012, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2012, 4:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 3:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 78 | Gays, IL | |
| Aug 16, 3:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Gays, IL | TREES DOWN ABOUT A MILE EAST OF GAYS. |
| Aug 16, 3:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mattoon, IL | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. POWER LINES BLOCKING LAKE MATTOON ROAD. |
| Aug 16, 3:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Mattoon, IL | WEST OF MATTOON ON ROUTE 16 TREES DOWN AND A NUMBER OF POWER POLES SNAPPED OFF HIGH ON POLES. 2 MILES WEST ON ROUTE 16 A SEMI AND TRAILER ON THEIR SIDES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ROUTE 16. MANY CORN FIELDS ALONG ROUTE 16 HAVE WIND DAMAGE. |
| Aug 16, 4:01 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | Coles County Airport, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 817 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
955 WFUS53 KILX 162041 TORILX ILC029-035-139-173-162130- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0014.120816T2041Z-120816T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 341 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... EAST CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT. * AT 336 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINDSOR...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF SULLIVAN... AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MATTOON...CHARLESTON...LERNA...JANESVILLE...GAYS...COLES... PARADISE...ETNA...TRILLA AND COLES COUNTY 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 3954 8814 3931 8820 3936 8864 3955 8860 TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 276DEG 28KT 3945 8853 $$ GOETSCH
3 follow-up statements
820 WWUS53 KILX 162052 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 352 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 ILC139-173-162102- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120816T2130Z/ MOULTRIE IL-SHELBY IL- 352 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SHELBY AND SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3955 8841 3954 8814 3931 8820 3934 8845 TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 276DEG 43KT 3943 8830 $$ ILC029-035-162130- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120816T2130Z/ COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL- 352 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND AND CENTRAL COLES COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LERNA...OR NEAR MATTOON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHARLESTON AND JANESVILLE. 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 3955 8841 3954 8814 3931 8820 3934 8845 TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 276DEG 43KT 3943 8830 $$ GOETSCH
355 WWUS53 KILX 162108 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 408 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 ILC029-035-162130- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120816T2130Z/ COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL- 408 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND AND CENTRAL COLES COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 403 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHARLESTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3932 8830 3954 8822 3954 8814 3931 8820 TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 277DEG 38KT 3943 8812 $$ GOETSCH
573 WWUS53 KILX 162118 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 418 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 ILC029-035-162129- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120816T2130Z/ COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL- 418 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND AND CENTRAL COLES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM. LAT...LON 3932 8830 3954 8822 3954 8814 3931 8820 TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 277DEG 38KT 3942 8798 $$ GOETSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 8:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 9:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 67 min |
| Aug 16, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 56 min |
| Aug 16, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie and 2 more | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Edgar, Vermilion | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Jasper | 17 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.