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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 2012, 3:59 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 4:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | 1 E Heartville, IL | OCCURRED AT EFFINGHAM COUNTY AIRPORT. |
| Aug 16, 4:24 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 74 | Effingham, IL | WIND REPORT MESONET SCHOOL NETWORK. RELAYED FROM WAND TV. |
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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
091
WFUS53 KILX 162059
TORILX
ILC025-035-049-079-162145-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0015.120816T2059Z-120816T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
359 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.
* AT 354 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WRIGHTS CORNER...OR 15 MILES WEST OF
EFFINGHAM...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EFFINGHAM...ALTAMONT...SHUMWAY...EDGEWOOD...WATSON...TEUTOPOLIS...
DIETERICH...MONTROSE...MOCCASIN...ALTAMONT RESERVOIR...LAKE SARA...
MASON...HEARTVILLE AND ELLIOTSTOWN.
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 3893 8881 3922 8880 3922 8847 3923 8847
3923 8835 3888 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 278DEG 23KT 3909 8879
$$
GOETSCH1 follow-up statement
094
WWUS53 KILX 162138
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
438 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
ILC025-035-049-079-162148-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120816T2145Z/
JASPER IL-CLAY IL-CUMBERLAND IL-EFFINGHAM IL-
438 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EFFINGHAM...SOUTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND...
NORTH CENTRAL CLAY AND EXTREME WESTERN JASPER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
445 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 445 PM.
LAT...LON 3893 8881 3922 8880 3922 8847 3923 8847
3923 8835 3888 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 278DEG 23KT 3906 8847
$$
GOETSCHThe 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, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby | 37 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, 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.