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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 12:36 PM CST for Champaign County, Douglas County, Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 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, 12:36 PM CST (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2013, 1:15 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Champaign County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Piatt County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 12:45 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 N Tuscola, IL | TORNADO CROSSED I-57 |
| Nov 17, 12:46 PM CST | TORNADO 3 | 6 W Villa Grove, IL | EF-3 TORNADO. STARTED 6.4 MILES WEST OF VILLA GROVE...PEAK WIND 140 MPH...PATH LENGTH 15 MILES...1/4 MILE WIDE...ENDED AT 1258 PM CST...ENDED AT 2.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROADLAND. |
| Nov 17, 12:48 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Pesotum, IL | SEVERAL GRAIN BINS DESTROYED. POWER LINES DOWN. GARAGE DAMAGED. |
| Nov 17, 12:50 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 W Villa Grove, IL | NUMEROUS POWER POLES AND TREES DOWN. ONE HOUSE SEVERELY DAMAGED WITH SECOND FLOOR REMOVED. |
| Nov 17, 12:53 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Garrett, IL | MOBILE HOMES BLOWN OVER |
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 | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
254
WFUS53 KILX 171836
TORILX
ILC019-041-147-171915-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0021.131117T1836Z-131117T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1236 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 115 PM CST
* AT 1232 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAMMOND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 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...
TUSCOLA...PESOTUM...TOLONO...VILLA GROVE...PHILO...BROADLANDS...
SIDNEY...ST. JOSEPH...HOMER...OGDEN...GARRETT...BOURBON...SADORUS
AND LONGVIEW.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND 226.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 192 AND 197.
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 3992 8794 3969 8847 3979 8848 3979 8863
3982 8865 4017 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 239DEG 52KT 3980 8847
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BAK2 follow-up statements
917
WWUS53 KILX 171848
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1248 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
ILC147-171858-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-131117T1915Z/
PIATT IL-
1248 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PIATT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3971 8843 3990 8844 4017 8794 3992 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 239DEG 52KT 3989 8828
$$
ILC019-041-171915-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-131117T1915Z/
CHAMPAIGN IL-DOUGLAS IL-
1248 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL DOUGLAS AND
SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM CST...
AT 1246 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PESOTUM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 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...
TOLONO...VILLA GROVE...PHILO...BROADLANDS...SIDNEY...ST. JOSEPH...
HOMER...OGDEN AND LONGVIEW.
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND 225.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 192 AND 197.
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 3971 8843 3990 8844 4017 8794 3992 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 239DEG 52KT 3989 8828
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BAK375 WWUS53 KILX 171909 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 109 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013 ILC019-041-171919- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-131117T1915Z/ CHAMPAIGN IL-DOUGLAS IL- 109 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DOUGLAS AND SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 115 PM CST... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM. LAT...LON 3971 8843 3990 8844 4017 8794 3992 8794 TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 239DEG 52KT 4005 8794 $$ 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 | 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, 12:19 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, 12:39 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.