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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Lincoln, IL

November 17, 2013McLean County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 11:54 AM CST for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 min. 5 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: Nov 17, 2013, 11:54 AM CST (17:54 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2013, 12:30 PM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County McLean County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 17, 11:57 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Normal, IL	TREE DOWN ON NORTH SIDE OF NORMAL.
Nov 17, 11:57 AM CST	HAIL 2.75	Normal, IL	IN WEST NORMAL
Nov 17, 12:00 PM CST	HAIL 4	2 Sw Bloomington, IL	MEASURED 3.75 INCH DIAMETER. LOCATED 1.5 MILES WEST OF INTERSECTION OF SIX POINTS ROAD AND OAKLAND AVE. REPORT RECEIVED VIA FACEBOOK.
Nov 17, 12:13 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 58	Bloomington Airport, IL
Nov 17, 12:15 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ene Bloomington Airpo, IL	LARGE POWER LINES DOWN ALONG TOWANDA BARNES ROAD.

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
Nov 17, 8:40 AM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 56 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1021 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 398 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.7
Supercell composite: 11.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

209 
WFUS53 KILX 171754
TORILX
ILC113-171830-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0017.131117T1754Z-131117T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1154 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1230 PM CST

* AT 1150 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60
  MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
           WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUDSON...TOWANDA...COOKSVILLE...LEXINGTON...COLFAX...CHENOA...
  PLEASANT HILL AND WESTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 5.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 156 AND 187.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 138.

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 4075 8858 4067 8858 4066 8857 4063 8857
      4062 8847 4039 8900 4054 8912 4076 8870
      4076 8859
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 235DEG 52KT 4052 8895

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BAK

2 follow-up statements

614 
WWUS53 KILX 171806
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1206 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

ILC113-171830-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-131117T1830Z/
MCLEAN IL-
1206 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY
UNTIL 1230 PM CST...

AT 1204 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LEXINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
         BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLFAX...CHENOA AND WESTON.

INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 171 AND 186.

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 4076 8859 4075 8858 4067 8858 4066 8857
      4063 8857 4062 8848 4047 8883 4063 8893
      4076 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 235DEG 52KT 4063 8875

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BAK

731 
WWUS53 KILX 171826
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1226 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

ILC113-171836-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-131117T1830Z/
MCLEAN IL-
1226 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1230 PM CST...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM.

LAT...LON 4076 8859 4075 8858 4067 8858 4066 8857
      4063 8857 4062 8848 4047 8883 4063 8893
      4076 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 235DEG 52KT 4079 8845

$$

BAK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 16, 11:50 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Crawford	25 min
Nov 16, 11:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford	37 min
Nov 17, 2:50 AM CST	High Wind Warning	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan, McLean and 8 more	15 hr
Nov 17, 10:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Peoria	44 min
Nov 17, 10:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Scott	53 min
Nov 17, 10:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon	33 min
Nov 17, 10:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	25 min
Nov 17, 10:57 AM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Marshall, Tazewell, Woodford	33 min
Nov 17, 11:12 AM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILX	Marshall, Tazewell, Woodford	33 min
Nov 17, 11:12 AM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	33 min
Nov 17, 11:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Logan, Mason, Menard	42 min
Nov 17, 11:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon	31 min
Nov 17, 11:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Logan, McLean, Tazewell	29 min
Nov 17, 11:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Shelby	47 min
Nov 17, 11:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Stark and 2 more	41 min
Nov 17, 11:55 AM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	50 min
Nov 17, 12:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	51 min
Nov 17, 12:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby	42 min
Nov 17, 12:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Piatt	41 min
Nov 17, 12:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby	49 min
Nov 17, 12:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Piatt	39 min
Nov 17, 12:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham	51 min
Nov 17, 12:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign	31 min
Nov 17, 12:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Vermilion	40 min
Nov 17, 12:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Vermilion	49 min
Nov 17, 12:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Vermilion	32 min
Nov 17, 1:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Richland	45 min
Nov 17, 1:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar	20 min
Nov 17, 1:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Lawrence	37 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.