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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 2012, 4:01 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 35 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
- Aug 16, 2012, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2012, 4:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Edgar County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 4:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Martinsville, IL | TREES DOWN...1 MAPLE TREE DOWN...20 INCH DIAMETER TREE ON POWER LINES. TOP OF A TREE RIPPED OFF 1.5 FOOT DIAMETER. POWER OUT THROUGHOUT TOWN. |
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 |
| Aug 16, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
215 WFUS53 KILX 162101 TORILX ILC023-029-035-045-162145- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0016.120816T2101Z-120816T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 401 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHWESTERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT. * AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LERNA...OR NEAR CHARLESTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ASHMORE...WESTFIELD...CASEY...KANSAS...MARTINSVILLE... CLARKSVILLE...FOX RIDGE STATE PARK...HUTTON...UNION CENTER AND BELL RIDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. 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 3958 8772 3926 8778 3931 8821 3955 8814 TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 276DEG 32KT 3942 8820 $$ GOETSCH
2 follow-up statements
535
WWUS53 KILX 162126
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
426 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
ILC029-035-162136-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120816T2145Z/
COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL-
426 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN
COLES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3926 8778 3929 8801 3933 8801 3948 8798
3948 8796 3956 8796 3958 8772
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 276DEG 32KT 3941 8787
$$
ILC023-045-162145-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120816T2145Z/
CLARK IL-EDGAR IL-
426 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN EDGAR AND
NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF MARTINSVILLE...OR 11 MILES WEST OF
MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARKSVILLE.
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 3926 8778 3929 8801 3933 8801 3948 8798
3948 8796 3956 8796 3958 8772
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 276DEG 32KT 3941 8787
$$
GOETSCH233
WWUS53 KILX 162136
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
436 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
ILC023-045-162145-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120816T2145Z/
CLARK IL-EDGAR IL-
436 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN EDGAR AND NORTHWESTERN CLARK
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5PM.
LAT...LON 3926 8778 3929 8801 3933 8801 3948 8798
3948 8796 3956 8796 3958 8772
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 276DEG 32KT 3940 8777
$$
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, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 46 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.