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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2014, 2:03 PM CDT for McLean County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 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
- May 28, 2014, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2014, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties McLean County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
104
WFUS53 KILX 281903
TORILX
ILC113-203-281945-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0012.140528T1903Z-140528T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
203 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 200 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EL PASO...AND
MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINONK...BENSON...PANOLA AND GRIDLEY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 28.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
LINCOLN.
&&
LAT...LON 4092 8892 4076 8892 4076 8876 4072 8875
4072 8908 4092 8927 4093 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 255DEG 3KT 4076 8900
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
AUTEN1 follow-up statement
276
WWUS53 KILX 281938
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
238 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014
ILC113-203-281948-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140528T1945Z/
MCLEAN IL-WOODFORD IL-
238 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WOODFORD AND EXTREME NORTH
CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LINCOLN.
LAT...LON 4092 8892 4076 8892 4076 8876 4072 8875
4072 8908 4092 8927 4093 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 255DEG 3KT 4077 8896
$$
AUTENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 3:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Woodford | 5 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.