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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Lincoln, IL

November 17, 2013Champaign County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 12:44 PM CST for Champaign County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 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, 12:44 PM CST (18:44 UTC)
Expired
Nov 17, 2013, 1:15 PM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Champaign County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 17, 12:45 PM CSTTORNADO 3Gifford, 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 CSTTORNADO 3Gifford, 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 CSTTORNADOGifford, ILSTRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS IN TOWN.
Nov 17, 12:57 PM CSTTORNADOFlatville, ILFROM TRAINED SPOTTERS

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 17, 8:40 AM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 49 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2013-11-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1021 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2013-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 398 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

106 
WFUS53 KILX 171844
TORILX
ILC019-171915-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0023.131117T1844Z-131117T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1244 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 PM CST

* AT 1242 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAMPAIGN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70
  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...
  ST. JOSEPH...GIFFORD...FLATVILLE...ROYAL AND PENFIELD.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 232 AND 244.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND 182.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 177 AND 193.

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 4022 8794 4015 8795 4001 8825 4013 8836
      4037 8793 4036 8793 4023 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 234DEG 60KT 4017 8823

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

$$

BAK
1 follow-up statement
193 
WWUS53 KILX 171907
SVSILX

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

ILC019-171917-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-131117T1915Z/
CHAMPAIGN IL-
107 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN COUNTY 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 4022 8794 4015 8795 4001 8825 4013 8836
      4037 8793 4036 8793 4023 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 234DEG 60KT 4039 8782

$$

BAK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 11:50 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementILXCrawford25 min
Nov 16, 11:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford37 min
Nov 17, 2:50 AM CSTHigh Wind WarningILXChampaign, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan, McLean and 8 more15 hr
Nov 17, 10:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Knox, Peoria44 min
Nov 17, 10:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan, Scott53 min
Nov 17, 10:42 AM CSTTornado WarningILXLogan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon33 min
Nov 17, 10:50 AM CSTTornado WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell, Woodford25 min
Nov 17, 10:57 AM CSTTornado WarningILXMarshall, Tazewell, Woodford33 min
Nov 17, 11:12 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedILXMarshall, Tazewell, Woodford33 min
Nov 17, 11:12 AM CSTTornado WarningILXChristian, Sangamon33 min
Nov 17, 11:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Logan, Mason, Menard42 min
Nov 17, 11:29 AM CSTTornado WarningILXChristian, Macon31 min
Nov 17, 11:31 AM CSTTornado WarningILXLogan, McLean, Tazewell29 min
Nov 17, 11:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Shelby47 min
Nov 17, 11:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Stark and 2 more41 min
Nov 17, 11:54 AM CSTTornado WarningILXMcLean36 min
Nov 17, 11:55 AM CSTTornado WarningILXChristian, Shelby50 min
Nov 17, 12:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean51 min
Nov 17, 12:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby42 min
Nov 17, 12:19 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Piatt41 min
Nov 17, 12:26 PM CSTTornado WarningILXCumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby49 min
Nov 17, 12:36 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Piatt39 min
Nov 17, 12:39 PM CSTTornado WarningILXClay, Effingham51 min
Nov 17, 12:50 PM CSTTornado WarningILXVermilion40 min
Nov 17, 12:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Vermilion49 min
Nov 17, 12:58 PM CSTTornado WarningILXVermilion32 min
Nov 17, 1:15 PM CSTTornado WarningILXCrawford, Jasper, Richland45 min
Nov 17, 1:25 PM CSTTornado WarningILXEdgar20 min
Nov 17, 1:38 PM CSTTornado WarningILXLawrence37 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.