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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 12:50 PM CST for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 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, 12:50 PM CST (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2013, 1:30 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 1:10 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 E Rankin, IL | 5 FARM HOUSES HEAVILY DAMAGED. |
| Nov 17, 1:15 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 W Hoopeston, IL | FROM 3 MILES WEST OF HOOPESTON TO NORTHEAST TO THE IROQUOIS COUNTY LINE...SPORADIC DAMAGE. SEVERAL BARNS SEVERELEY DAMAGED. IRRIGATION SYSTEM DESTROYED. MACHINE SHED WITH ROOF BLOWN OFF. POWER LINES DOWN. RELAYED FROM NWS LOT. |
| Nov 17, 1:15 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 W Hoopeston, IL | |
| Nov 17, 1:19 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 Sw Wellington, IL | THIS WAS FROM THE NOVEMBER 17TH EVENT. AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED AN EF-0 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 80 MPH TRACKED 1.0 MILE AFTER ENTERING FROM VERMILLION COUNTY. THREE HOMESTEADS HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO EITHER OUTBUILDINGS OR TO LARGE TREES. |
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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 75 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.
092
WFUS53 KILX 171850
TORILX
ILC183-171930-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0024.131117T1850Z-131117T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1250 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 130 PM CST
* AT 1246 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR THOMASBORO...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...
POTOMAC...RANKIN...ROSSVILLE...HOOPESTON AND ARMSTRONG.
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 4024 8793 4037 8793 4040 8794 4048 8794
4049 8793 4050 8762 4049 8753 4049 8752
4041 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 239DEG 55KT 4029 8806
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BAK3 follow-up statements
116
WWUS53 KILX 171910
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
110 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
ILC183-171930-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-131117T1930Z/
VERMILION IL-
110 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY
UNTIL 130 PM CST...
AT 105 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RANKIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOOPESTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4024 8793 4037 8793 4040 8794 4048 8794
4049 8793 4050 8762 4049 8753 4049 8752
4041 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 239DEG 55KT 4045 8770
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BAK479
WWUS53 KILX 171923
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
123 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
ILC183-171930-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-131117T1930Z/
VERMILION IL-
123 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN VERMILION
COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM CST...
AT 120 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF HOOPESTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
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...
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 4037 8766 4049 8771 4050 8762 4049 8753
4049 8752 4041 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 247DEG 47KT 4046 8753
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BAK521
WWUS53 KILX 171929
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
129 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
ILC183-171939-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-131117T1930Z/
VERMILION IL-
129 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 130 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM.
LAT...LON 4037 8766 4049 8771 4050 8762 4049 8753
4049 8752 4041 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 247DEG 47KT 4049 8743
$$
BAKThe 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, 12:36 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, 12:56 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.