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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Lincoln, IL

November 17, 2013Lawrence County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 1:38 PM CST for Lawrence County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 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, 1:38 PM CST (19:38 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2013, 2:15 PM CST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Lawrence County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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 PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 189 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

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The text

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

471 
WFUS53 KILX 171938
TORILX
ILC101-172015-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0028.131117T1938Z-131117T2015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 215 PM CST

* AT 134 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST SALEM...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 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 BE NEAR...
  ST. FRANCISVILLE AROUND 155 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MOUNT CARMEL 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 3858 8791 3866 8760 3864 8761 3862 8761
      3861 8762 3859 8761 3858 8762 3859 8763
      3858 8763 3856 8766 3857 8791
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 254DEG 57KT 3847 8795

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

$$

BARNES

2 follow-up statements

086 
WWUS53 KILX 171951
SVSILX

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

ILC101-172015-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131117T2015Z/
LAWRENCE IL-
151 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY
UNTIL 215 PM CST...

AT 148 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. FRANCISVILLE...AND MOVING EAST
AT 65 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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 SOUTHERN
LAWRENCE 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 3858 8791 3866 8760 3864 8761 3862 8761
      3861 8762 3859 8761 3858 8762 3859 8763
      3858 8763 3856 8766 3857 8791
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 253DEG 57KT 3854 8772

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BARNES

750 
WWUS53 KILX 172006
SVSILX

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

ILC101-172016-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131117T2015Z/
LAWRENCE IL-
206 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
215 PM CST...

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

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

LAT...LON 3858 8791 3866 8760 3864 8761 3862 8761
      3861 8762 3859 8761 3858 8762 3859 8763
      3858 8763 3856 8766 3857 8791
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 249DEG 47KT 3860 8768

$$

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, 1:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Richland	45 min
Nov 17, 1:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar	20 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.