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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 28, 2014Douglas County, Moultrie County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 7:06 PM CDT for Douglas County, Moultrie County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2014, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2014, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Douglas County, IL, Moultrie County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 28, 7:10 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Arthur, IL	FUNNEL CLOUD SEEN HALFWAY TO THE GROUND...SWOP REPORT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 28, 1:11 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 43 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: 79 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1353 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

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

606 
WFUS53 KILX 290006
TORILX
ILC041-139-290030-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0011.140429T0006Z-140429T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
706 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHEASTERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 700 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LOVINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TUSCOLA AROUND 730 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BOURBON AND GARRETT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 210 AND 212.

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 3978 8823 3964 8854 3969 8859 3979 8850
      3979 8846 3983 8846 3988 8841 3988 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 224DEG 25KT 3971 8852

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

$$

BARNES

2 follow-up statements

794 
WWUS53 KILX 290018
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
718 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

ILC139-290028-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140429T0030Z/
MOULTRIE IL-
718 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3978 8823 3967 8847 3974 8847 3979 8847
      3979 8846 3983 8846 3988 8841 3988 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 224DEG 25KT 3977 8843

$$

ILC041-290030-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140429T0030Z/
DOUGLAS IL-
718 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS
COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 715 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ARTHUR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
         LIKELY.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TUSCOLA AROUND 730 PM CDT.

INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 210 AND 212.

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 3978 8823 3967 8847 3974 8847 3979 8847
      3979 8846 3983 8846 3988 8841 3988 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 224DEG 25KT 3977 8843

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

$$

BARNES

826 
WWUS53 KILX 290031
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
731 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

ILC041-290041-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140429T0030Z/
DOUGLAS IL-
731 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3978 8823 3967 8847 3974 8847 3979 8847
      3979 8846 3983 8846 3988 8841 3988 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 224DEG 25KT 3977 8843

$$

BARNES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 12:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Lawrence	66 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.