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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Lincoln, IL

November 17, 2013Crawford County, Jasper County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 1:15 PM CST for Crawford County, Jasper County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 17, 2013, 1:15 PM CST (19:15 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2013, 2:00 PM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Richland County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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.

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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

940 
WFUS53 KILX 171915
TORILX
ILC033-079-159-172000-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0026.131117T1915Z-131117T2000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 110 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INGRAHAM...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.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST LIBERTY AND DUNDAS AROUND 120 PM CST.
  STE. MARIE AROUND 125 PM CST.
  HARDINVILLE AND OBLONG AROUND 135 PM CST.
  NEW HEBRON AROUND 140 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STOY.

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 3885 8789 3885 8790 3884 8791 3875 8826
      3885 8826 3885 8827 3890 8828 3912 8779
      3889 8771
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 243DEG 49KT 3881 8818

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

$$

BARNES

2 follow-up statements

991 
WWUS53 KILX 171936
SVSILX

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

ILC079-159-171946-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-131117T2000Z/
JASPER IL-RICHLAND IL-
136 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN RICHLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3885 8789 3885 8792 3886 8793 3904 8795
      3912 8779 3889 8771
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 243DEG 49KT 3893 8785

$$

ILC033-172000-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-131117T2000Z/
CRAWFORD IL-
136 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
UNTIL 200 PM CST...

AT 134 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HARDINVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN
CRAWFORD COUNTY.

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 3885 8789 3885 8792 3886 8793 3904 8795
      3912 8779 3889 8771
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 243DEG 49KT 3893 8785

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

$$

BARNES

036 
WWUS53 KILX 171948
SVSILX

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

ILC033-171958-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-131117T2000Z/
CRAWFORD IL-
148 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

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

LAT...LON 3885 8789 3885 8792 3886 8793 3904 8795
      3912 8779 3889 8771
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 243DEG 49KT 3900 8766

$$

BARNES

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, 12:19 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, 1:25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.