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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2012, 12:07 PM CDT for Logan County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 22 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
- Sep 1, 2012, 12:07 PM CDT (17:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2012, 12:29 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Logan County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 65 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.
930
WFUS53 KILX 011707
TORILX
ILC107-179-011745-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0019.120901T1707Z-120901T1745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1207 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT.
* AT 1204 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATLANTA...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN...
AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARMINGTON...MINIER...HOPEDALE...MACKINAW...TREMONT AND DILLON.
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 4044 8926 4028 8926 4028 8925 4021 8924
4019 8936 4053 8959 4060 8928
TIME...MOT...LOC 1707Z 168DEG 17KT 4023 8930
$$
BARNES1 follow-up statement
704
WWUS53 KILX 011729
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1229 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
ILC107-179-011739-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120901T1745Z/
LOGAN IL-TAZEWELL IL-
1229 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TAZEWELL AND NORTH CENTRAL
LOGAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4044 8926 4028 8926 4028 8925 4021 8924
4019 8936 4053 8959 4060 8928
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 168DEG 17KT 4033 8933
$$
BARNESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 11:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 42 min |
| Sep 1, 12:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Woodford | 44 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 |
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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.