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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 28, 2014McLean County, Woodford County, Illinois

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2014-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 246 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2014-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

AUTEN
1 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

$$

AUTEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 3:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXWoodford5 hr

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.