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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 1:25 PM CST for Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 20 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, 1:25 PM CST (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2013, 1:45 PM CST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Edgar County, IL
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.
923
WFUS53 KILX 171925
TORILX
ILC045-171945-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0027.131117T1925Z-131117T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
125 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 145 PM CST
* AT 124 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REDMON...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...
PARIS...VERMILION AND EDGAR COUNTY AIRPORT.
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 3948 8777 3948 8790 3961 8797 3962 8796
3978 8753 3955 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 245DEG 52KT 3959 8778
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BAK2 follow-up statements
663
WWUS53 KILX 171933
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
133 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
ILC045-171945-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-131117T1945Z/
EDGAR IL-
133 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EDGAR COUNTY UNTIL
145 PM CST...
AT 129 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PARIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VERMILION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3958 8753 3951 8781 3967 8783 3978 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 245DEG 52KT 3963 8764
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BAK150 WWUS53 KILX 171945 SVSILX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 145 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013 ILC045-171955- /O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-131117T1945Z/ EDGAR IL- 145 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL EDGAR 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. LAT...LON 3958 8753 3951 8781 3967 8783 3978 8753 TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 245DEG 52KT 3970 8743 $$ 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, 12:36 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, 1:38 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.