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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2012, 4:01 PM CDT for Champaign County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min. 9 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
- May 1, 2012, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Champaign County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 4:07 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 Ese Monticello, IL | |
| May 1, 4:12 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Ese Monticello, IL | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN FARM FIELD. |
| May 1, 4:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Sw Savoy, IL | TORNADO IN FARM FIELD NEAR 900N AND 500 E. FROM PIATT CO. EMA. |
| May 1, 4:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Sw Savoy, IL | TORNADO WAS ON GROUND FOR 7 MINUTES. FROM PIATT CO EMA. |
| May 1, 4:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | St. Joseph, IL | |
| May 1, 4:43 PM CDT | TORNADO | Sidney, IL | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN ON WEST SIDE OF SIDNEY. |
| May 1, 4:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 N Homer, IL | SWOP REPORT. RELAYED BY CHAMPAIGN EMA. CORRECTED HAIL SIZE. |
| May 1, 4:47 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 2 N Homer, IL | SWOP REPORT. RELAYED BY CHAMPAIGN EMA. |
| May 1, 4:49 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Ogden, IL |
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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
316
WFUS53 KILX 012101
TORILX
ILC019-012145-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0007.120501T2101Z-120501T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
401 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.
* AT 359 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITE HEATH...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MONTICELLO. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHAMPAIGN...TOLONO...SAVOY...PHILO...URBANA...SIDNEY...ST.
JOSEPH...OGDEN...HOMER...SADORUS...WILLARD AIRPORT...ROYAL AND
FLATVILLE.
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 3988 8842 3988 8846 4008 8846 4028 8797
4022 8794 4002 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 246DEG 25KT 3999 8842
$$
BAK2 follow-up statements
397
WWUS53 KILX 012116
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
416 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
ILC019-012145-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120501T2145Z/
CHAMPAIGN IL-
416 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 412 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. A
TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR TOLONO...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
AT 410 PM AND AGAIN AT 413 PM...BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS WERE
REPORTED IN RURAL WESTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHAMPAIGN...TOLONO...SAVOY...PHILO...URBANA...SIDNEY...ST.
JOSEPH...OGDEN...HOMER...WILLARD AIRPORT...ROYAL AND FLATVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3988 8842 3988 8846 4008 8846 4028 8797
4022 8794 4002 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 246DEG 25KT 4003 8831
$$
BAK436
WWUS53 KILX 012130
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
430 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
ILC019-012145-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120501T2145Z/
CHAMPAIGN IL-
430 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 425 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. A
TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR PHILO...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAMPAIGN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
NUMEROUS BRIEF TORNADAO TOUCHDOWNS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SIDNEY...ST. JOSEPH...OGDEN...HOMER...ROYAL AND FLATVILLE.
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 3988 8842 3988 8846 4008 8846 4028 8797
4022 8794 4002 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 247DEG 25KT 4006 8814
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 5:31 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 7 more | 3 hr |
| May 1, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 52 min |
| May 1, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 13 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.