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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2012, 2:41 PM CDT for Christian County, Logan County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 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, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2012, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Christian County, IL, Logan County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.
495
WFUS53 KILX 011941
TORILX
ILC021-107-167-012030-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0022.120901T1941Z-120901T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
241 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT.
* AT 237 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EDINBURG...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF
TAYLORVILLE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT AUBURN...MECHANICSBURG...ILLIOPOLIS...CORNLAND...LATHAM...
MOUNT PULASKI...ELKHART...ROBY...BUFFALO AND DAWSON.
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 4003 8957 4005 8914 3991 8917 3991 8922
3981 8921 3982 8919 3960 8923 3958 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 174DEG 26KT 3966 8931
$$
BARNES3 follow-up statements
408
WWUS53 KILX 011958
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
258 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
ILC021-107-167-012030-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120901T2030Z/
LOGAN IL-SANGAMON IL-CHRISTIAN IL-
258 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN...
NORTHEASTERN SANGAMON AND SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...
AT 256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT AUBURN...OR 17 MILES EAST OF
SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MECHANICSBURG...ILLIOPOLIS...CORNLAND...LATHAM...MOUNT PULASKI...
ELKHART...BUFFALO AND DAWSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4003 8957 4005 8914 3991 8917 3991 8922
3981 8921 3982 8919 3960 8923 3958 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 174DEG 26KT 3978 8933
$$
BARNES509
WWUS53 KILX 012009
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
309 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
ILC021-012019-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120901T2030Z/
CHRISTIAN IL-
309 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4005 8914 3992 8917 3991 8922 3983 8922
3982 8924 3983 8925 3981 8925 3975 8942
3976 8942 3975 8943 4003 8957
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 174DEG 26KT 3984 8935
$$
ILC107-167-012030-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120901T2030Z/
LOGAN IL-SANGAMON IL-
309 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN SANGAMON AND
SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...
AT 305 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MECHANICSBURG...OR 16 MILES EAST OF
SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORNLAND...LATHAM...MOUNT PULASKI...ELKHART...BUFFALO AND DAWSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4005 8914 3992 8917 3991 8922 3983 8922
3982 8924 3983 8925 3981 8925 3975 8942
3976 8942 3975 8943 4003 8957
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 174DEG 26KT 3984 8935
$$907
WWUS53 KILX 012021
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
321 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
ILC107-167-012031-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120901T2030Z/
LOGAN IL-SANGAMON IL-
321 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SANGAMON AND SOUTHERN LOGAN
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4005 8914 3992 8917 3991 8922 3983 8922
3982 8924 3983 8925 3981 8925 3975 8942
3976 8942 3975 8943 4003 8957
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 174DEG 26KT 3993 8936
$$
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, 12:07 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, 2:50 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.