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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lincoln, IL

November 17, 2013Champaign County, Piatt County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 12:19 PM CST for Champaign County, Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 41 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: Nov 17, 2013, 12:19 PM CST (18:19 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2013, 1:00 PM CST
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Champaign County, IL, Piatt County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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, 12:40 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 70	Seymour, IL
Nov 17, 12:45 PM CST	TORNADO 3	Gifford, IL	* 6 INJ * EF-3 TORNADO...PEAK WIND 140 MPH...24 MILES IN LENGTH...QUARTER MILE WIDE. STARTED 2 MILES EAST OF THOMASBORO...ENDED 2 MILES SOUTH OF EAST LYNN AT 110 PM.
Nov 17, 12:45 PM CST	TORNADO 3	Gifford, IL	* 6 INJ * EF-3 TORNADO...PEAK WIND 140 MPH...28.7 MILES IN LENGTH...QUARTER MILE WIDE. STARTED 2 MILES EAST OF THOMASBORO...ENDED 3.5 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF EAST LYNN AT 114 PM. IT THEN CONTINUED INTO IROQUOIS COUNTY.
Nov 17, 12:56 PM CST	TORNADO	Gifford, IL	STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS IN TOWN.

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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 18 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.

160 
WFUS53 KILX 171819
TORILX
ILC019-147-171900-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0019.131117T1819Z-131117T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1219 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHERN PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 100 PM CST

* AT 1214 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DE LAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  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...
  RANTOUL...WHITE HEATH...SEYMOUR...MANSFIELD...MAHOMET...LAKE OF THE
  WOODS...FISHER...THOMASBORO...GALESVILLE...DEWEY AND LUDLOW.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 242 AND 257.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161 AND 178.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 162 AND 177.

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 3997 8861 4010 8874 4010 8869 4015 8869
      4018 8866 4028 8850 4028 8846 4031 8846
      4039 8834 4041 8831 4041 8797 4039 8795
      4036 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 232DEG 58KT 4011 8857

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BAK

2 follow-up statements

709 
WWUS53 KILX 171830
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1230 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

ILC147-171840-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-131117T1900Z/
PIATT IL-
1230 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PIATT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4006 8846 4031 8846 4041 8831 4040 8796
      4039 8795 4036 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 232DEG 58KT 4022 8839

$$

ILC019-171900-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-131117T1900Z/
CHAMPAIGN IL-
1230 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
UNTIL 100 PM CST...

AT 1228 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MAHOMET...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

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...
RANTOUL...FISHER...THOMASBORO...DEWEY AND LUDLOW.

INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 242 AND 257.

INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 178.

INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 168 AND 177.

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 4006 8846 4031 8846 4041 8831 4040 8796
      4039 8795 4036 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 232DEG 58KT 4022 8839

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BAK

289 
WWUS53 KILX 171900
SVSILX

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

ILC019-171910-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-131117T1900Z/
CHAMPAIGN IL-
100 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.  HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM. A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN 
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4006 8846 4031 8846 4041 8831 4040 8796
      4039 8795 4036 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 232DEG 58KT 4052 8789

$$

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, 11:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean	36 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, 12:26 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.