Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Watches in 2013
Tornado Watch 561
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 17, 2013, 8:40 AM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2013, 8:40 AM CST (14:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2013, 3:12 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Particularly dangerous situation
- Yes
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 123 counties
Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Boone County, IL, Brown County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cook County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lake County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McHenry County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Warren County, IL, Washington County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Will County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN, Audrain County, MO, Callaway County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Warren County, MO, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Green County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 80%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 70%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 70%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
77 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 9:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LOT | Boone, McHenry | 39 min |
| Nov 17, 9:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 52 min |
| Nov 17, 9:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 42 min |
| Nov 17, 9:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 34 min |
| Nov 17, 10:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria | 44 min |
| Nov 17, 10:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | McDonough | 27 min |
| Nov 17, 10:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington | 27 min |
| Nov 17, 10:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LOT | McHenry | 44 min |
| Nov 17, 10:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren | 42 min |
| Nov 17, 10:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock | 52 min |
| Nov 17, 10:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 52 min |
| Nov 17, 10:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha | 31 min |
| Nov 17, 10:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington | 43 min |
| Nov 17, 10:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 39 min |
| Nov 17, 10:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island | 23 min |
| Nov 17, 10:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 53 min |
| Nov 17, 10:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Putnam | 18 min |
| Nov 17, 10:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon | 33 min |
| Nov 17, 10:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Muscatine, Scott | 33 min |
| Nov 17, 10:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 25 min |
| Nov 17, 10:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Racine | 35 min |
| Nov 17, 10:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Tazewell, Woodford | 33 min |
| Nov 17, 11:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock, Henderson, Mercer | 44 min |
| Nov 17, 11:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery | 41 min |
| Nov 17, 11:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, Will | 23 min |
| Nov 17, 11:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Boone, McHenry, Ogle, Winnebago | 34 min |
| Nov 17, 11:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 19 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, 11:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Livingston | 48 min |
| Nov 17, 11:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Logan, Mason, Menard | 42 min |
| Nov 17, 11:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 24 min |
| Nov 17, 11:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Lake | 50 min |
| Nov 17, 11:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 31 min |
| Nov 17, 11:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren | 30 min |
| Nov 17, 11:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean, Tazewell | 29 min |
| Nov 17, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LOT | Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston | 42 min |
| Nov 17, 11:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 37 min |
| Nov 17, 11:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 19 min |
| Nov 17, 11:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 47 min |
| Nov 17, 11:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, Will | 4 hr |
| Nov 17, 11:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Stark and 2 more | 41 min |
| Nov 17, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 26 min |
| Nov 17, 11:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Washington | 37 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, 11:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette | 34 min |
| Nov 17, 12:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Putnam, Whiteside | 44 min |
| Nov 17, 12:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee, Ogle | 38 min |
| Nov 17, 12:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 51 min |
| Nov 17, 12:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 21 min |
| Nov 17, 12:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kankakee, Will | 46 min |
| Nov 17, 12:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 46 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, 12:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Madison, Montgomery | 51 min |
| Nov 17, 12:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby | 49 min |
| Nov 17, 12:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 48 min |
| Nov 17, 12:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, McHenry | 43 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, 12:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee, Will | 64 min |
| Nov 17, 12:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 31 min |
| Nov 17, 12:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 44 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, 12:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry | 47 min |
| Nov 17, 1:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DuPage, Grundy, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle, Livingston and 1 more | 43 min |
| Nov 17, 1:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 37 min |
| Nov 17, 1:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Richland | 45 min |
| Nov 17, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 60 min |
| Nov 17, 1:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar | 20 min |
| Nov 17, 1:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Benton, Jasper | 35 min |
| Nov 17, 1:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 37 min |
| Nov 17, 1:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Jasper, Porter | 32 min |
| Nov 17, 1:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LOT | Jasper | 18 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 11:29 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Jackson, Johnson, Pulaski, Union, Williamson | 61 min |
| Nov 17, 2:06 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 14 more | 84 min |
| Nov 17, 7:47 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Carroll and 55 more | 88 min |
| Nov 17, 10:17 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 10 more | 118 min |
| Nov 17, 10:43 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 17, 10:49 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Boone, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 56 more | 86 min |
| Nov 17, 11:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Coles, Cook, DeWitt, Douglas, DuPage and 11 more | 93 min |
| Nov 17, 11:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 10 more | 93 min |
| Nov 17, 1:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Hamilton, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and 4 more | 55 min |
| Nov 17, 1:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Edgar, Edwards, Jasper, Lawrence and 3 more | 77 min |
| Nov 17, 2:43 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson and 8 more | 62 min |
| Nov 17, 10:01 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone and 56 more | 119 min |
| Nov 17, 10:20 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 65 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 17, 1:34 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Perry, Washington | 56 min |
| Nov 17, 1:58 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Brown, Clay and 34 more | 84 min |
| Nov 17, 3:46 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Orange and 7 more | 89 min |
| Nov 16, 7:53 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton and 16 more | 67 min |
Nearby
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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.