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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 17, 20134 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 2013, 7:59 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 17, 2013, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2013, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Cass County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Mason County, IL, Schuyler County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 17, 3:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 00:00Z on 2013-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2013-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 356 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
412 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
356 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
444 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.4

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The text

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

823 
WFUS53 KILX 180059
TORILX
ILC017-057-125-169-180130-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0003.130418T0059Z-130418T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
759 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 757 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  A TORNADO WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLAYTON TO
  BUCKHORN...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
           OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSHVILLE...BEARDSTOWN...BROOKLYN...LITTLETON...BLUFF SPRINGS...
  BROWNING...ASTORIA...CAMDEN...FREDERICK AND RAY.

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 4028 9069 4028 9035 3998 9013 3992 9054
      3998 9051 3998 9060 4000 9061 4005 9068
      4007 9068 4008 9071 4010 9071 4010 9091
      4015 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 253DEG 43KT 4008 9088 3993 9075

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

$$

BARKER
2 follow-up statements
519 
WWUS53 KILX 180114
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
814 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

ILC017-057-125-169-180130-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130418T0130Z/
MASON IL-SCHUYLER IL-CASS IL-FULTON IL-
814 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FULTON...
NORTHWESTERN CASS...SCHUYLER AND SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTIES UNTIL
830 PM CDT...

AT 811 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BROOKLYN TO 7 MILES
SOUTH OF RUSHVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSHVILLE...BEARDSTOWN...LITTLETON...BROWNING...ASTORIA...FREDERICK
AND RAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4028 9069 4028 9035 4008 9021 3998 9051
      3998 9060 4000 9061 4005 9068 4007 9068
      4008 9071 4010 9071 4010 9091 4015 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 234DEG 35KT 4018 9075 4004 9054

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

BARKER
986 
WWUS53 KILX 180129
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
829 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

ILC017-057-125-169-180139-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130418T0130Z/
MASON IL-SCHUYLER IL-CASS IL-FULTON IL-
829 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FULTON...NORTHWESTERN CASS...
SCHUYLER AND SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS 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 MIDNIGHT CDT.

LAT...LON 4028 9069 4028 9035 4008 9021 3998 9051
      3998 9060 4000 9061 4005 9068 4007 9068
      4008 9071 4010 9071 4010 9091 4015 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 234DEG 35KT 4027 9059 4012 9038

$$

BARKER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 7:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell, Woodford15 hr
Apr 17, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler37 min
Apr 17, 8:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark and 1 more14 hr
Apr 17, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXFulton49 min
Apr 17, 9:30 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXMcLean, Tazewell, Woodford3 days
Apr 17, 9:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXCass, Mason11 days
Apr 17, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMarshall, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford60 min
Apr 18, 3:50 AM CDTWind AdvisoryILXChampaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 14 more7 hr
Apr 18, 4:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXFulton, Mason, Menard, Peoria, Tazewell63 min
Apr 18, 5:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMarshall, Woodford30 min
Apr 18, 8:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion40 min
Apr 18, 8:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar, Vermilion63 min
Apr 18, 9:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXSangamon6 days
Apr 18, 9:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXMenard9 days
Apr 18, 9:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXCass, Mason, Menard9 days
Apr 18, 9:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXClark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper62 min
Apr 18, 9:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXClay63 min
Apr 18, 10:01 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningILXFulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark and 2 more36 hr
Apr 18, 10:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXClark, Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland63 min
Apr 18, 11:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXChampaign, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Effingham, Moultrie and 1 more6 hr
Apr 18, 1:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXSangamon21 hr
Apr 18, 1:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXClay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper42 min
Apr 18, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper31 min
Apr 18, 1:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXClark, Edgar63 min
Apr 18, 2:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Effingham, Moultrie and 2 more18 hr
Apr 18, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXKnox, Mason, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell65 min
Apr 18, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXChristian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon56 min
Apr 18, 4:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXVermilion16 hr
Apr 18, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMarshall, Woodford57 min
Apr 18, 4:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXClark, Clay, Crawford, Edgar, Jasper18 hr
Apr 18, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXChampaign, DeWitt, McLean, Vermilion53 min
Apr 18, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXClark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and 2 more63 min
Apr 18, 6:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton22 hr

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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.