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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2012, 3:57 PM CDT for Crawford County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 min. 4 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
- Apr 28, 2012, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2012, 4:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Crawford County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Oblong, IL | |
| Apr 28, 4:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Robinson, IL | |
| Apr 28, 4:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Robinson, IL | HAIL SHREDDED LEAVES |
| Apr 28, 4:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Palestine, IL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 1:48 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 153 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 681 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 811 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
471
WFUS53 KILX 282057
TORILX
ILC033-282145-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0006.120428T2057Z-120428T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
357 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.
* AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WILLOW HILL...OR 10 MILES EAST OF NEWTON...
AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROBINSON...OBLONG...EATON...HARDINVILLE...NEW HEBRON...FLAT ROCK...
PALESTINE...STOY...TRIMBLE AND CRAWFORD COUNTY AIRPORT.
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 3886 8755 3893 8794 3912 8795 3909 8759
3906 8757 3904 8757 3900 8757 3896 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 283DEG 26KT 3903 8796
$$
BAK2 follow-up statements
156
WWUS53 KILX 282106
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
406 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2012
ILC033-282145-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120428T2145Z/
CRAWFORD IL-
406 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 404 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OBLONG...OR 7 MILES WEST OF ROBINSON...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROBINSON...HARDINVILLE...NEW HEBRON...FLAT ROCK...PALESTINE...
STOY...TRIMBLE AND CRAWFORD COUNTY AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3886 8755 3893 8794 3909 8794 3906 8758
3905 8757 3900 8757 3896 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 283DEG 32KT 3901 8784
$$
BAK221
WWUS53 KILX 282134
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
434 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2012
ILC033-282144-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120428T2145Z/
CRAWFORD IL-
434 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM.
LAT...LON 3886 8755 3893 8794 3909 8794 3906 8758
3905 8757 3900 8757 3896 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 283DEG 32KT 3895 8753
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Jasper | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.