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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2012, 11:48 AM CDT for Marshall County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 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
- Sep 1, 2012, 11:48 AM CDT (16:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2012, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Marshall County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 11:48 AM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Ese Benson, IL | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN A FARM FIELD |
| Sep 1, 12:03 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 N Benson, IL | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN |
| Sep 1, 12:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nnw Benson, IL | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN...TIN ROOF BLOWN OFF A SHED AND MINOR DAMAGE TO CORN FIELD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 443 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
802 WFUS53 KILX 011648 TORILX ILC123-203-011730- /O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0017.120901T1648Z-120901T1730Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1148 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTH CENTRAL WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 1230 PM CDT. * AT 1141 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF MINONK...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF EUREKA...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WASHBURN...TOLUCA...BENSON...PATTONSBURG AND LA ROSE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 28. 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 4093 8936 4108 8910 4082 8901 4079 8907 TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 148DEG 13KT 4086 8909 $$ BARNES
3 follow-up statements
845 WWUS53 KILX 011704 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1204 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ILC123-203-011730- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120901T1730Z/ MARSHALL IL-WOODFORD IL- 1204 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WOODFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT... AT 1158 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 3 MILES NORTH OF BENSON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WASHBURN...TOLUCA...PATTONSBURG AND LA ROSE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4088 8904 4084 8913 4093 8936 4108 8910 TIME...MOT...LOC 1704Z 148DEG 13KT 4091 8913 $$ BARNES
488 WWUS53 KILX 011716 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1216 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ILC123-203-011730- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120901T1730Z/ MARSHALL IL-WOODFORD IL- 1216 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WOODFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT... AT 1209 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF TOLUCA...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LACON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WASHBURN...TOLUCA AND LA ROSE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4088 8904 4084 8913 4093 8936 4108 8910 TIME...MOT...LOC 1716Z 148DEG 13KT 4095 8916 $$
306 WWUS53 KILX 011735 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1235 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ILC123-203-011743- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120901T1730Z/ MARSHALL IL-WOODFORD IL- 1235 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WOODFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM CDT. THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4088 8904 4084 8913 4093 8936 4108 8910 TIME...MOT...LOC 1716Z 148DEG 13KT 4095 8916 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 12:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Woodford | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 12:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Tazewell | 22 min |
| Sep 1, 12:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 12:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Stark | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Logan, Sangamon | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard, Sangamon | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 4:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Effingham | 6 hr |
Nearby
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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.