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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 4, 20144 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2014, 1:50 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 25 min. 3 reports 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
Jun 4, 2014, 1:50 AM CDT (06:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2014, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

Counties Christian County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Macon County, IL, Piatt County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 1:55 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Clinton, ILPOWER LINES DOWN AND A TOWNSHIP SHED DAMAGED OFF THE ROUTE 51 BYPASS NORTH OF CLINTON.
Jun 4, 2:12 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Sw Farmer City, ILTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR ROUTE 48 AND 54 INTERSECTION AT FULLERTON. TIME ESTIMATED.
Jun 4, 2:12 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGMonticello, ILTREES DOWN

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 2014-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
2429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 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.

306 
WFUS53 KILX 040650
TORILX
ILC021-039-115-147-040715-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0013.140604T0650Z-140604T0715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
150 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  WESTERN PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT.

* AT 148 AM CDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
  THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM KENNEY TO WARRENSBURG TO HARRISTOWN TO BLUE MOUND...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  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.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLINTON...DECATUR...MONTICELLO...FORSYTH...OREANA...ARGENTA...
  WELDON...MOUNT ZION...LONG CREEK...CERRO GORDO...DE LAND...
  BEMENT...WELDON SPRINGS STATE PARK...BOODY...CLINTON LAKE DAM...
  LANE...ELWIN...DECATUR AIRPORT...DE WITT AND CISCO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 127 AND 166.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3984 8858 3979 8869 3979 8876 3976 8876
      3975 8878 3972 8926 3985 8915 3997 8911
      4017 8912 4021 8856 3995 8856
TIME...MOT...LOC 0650Z 265DEG 43KT 4015 8901 3997 8898
          3986 8902 3975 8914

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

$$
GEELHART
2 follow-up statements
662 
WWUS53 KILX 040657
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
157 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

ILC021-040706-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140604T0715Z/
CHRISTIAN IL-
157 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3984 8858 3979 8869 3979 8876 3976 8876
      3975 8878 3973 8914 3984 8908 3996 8900
      4018 8904 4021 8856 3995 8856
TIME...MOT...LOC 0656Z 265DEG 43KT 4016 8891 3998 8889
          3987 8893 3976 8905

$$

ILC039-115-147-040715-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140604T0715Z/
MACON IL-PIATT IL-DE WITT IL-
157 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN DE WITT...WESTERN
PIATT AND MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT...

AT 153 AM CDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM CLINTON TO FORSYTH TO DECATUR TO BLUE MOUND...AND
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THE PORTION OF THE LINE BETWEEN FORSYTH AND 
MAROA IS THE MOST AT RISK FOR TORNADIC ACTIVITY.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

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.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DECATUR...MONTICELLO...OREANA...ARGENTA...WELDON...MOUNT ZION...LONG
CREEK...CERRO GORDO...DE LAND...BEMENT...CLINTON LAKE DAM...LANE...
ELWIN...DECATUR AIRPORT...DE WITT...OAKLEY...CISCO...HERVEY CITY...
MILMINE AND LA PLACE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 166.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3984 8858 3979 8869 3979 8876 3976 8876
      3975 8878 3973 8914 3984 8908 3996 8900
      4018 8904 4021 8856 3995 8856
TIME...MOT...LOC 0656Z 265DEG 43KT 4016 8891 3998 8889
          3987 8893 3976 8905

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

$$
GEELHART
568 
WWUS53 KILX 040713
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
213 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

ILC039-115-147-040723-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140604T0715Z/
MACON IL-PIATT IL-DE WITT IL-
213 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MACON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 215 AM CDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA. HOWEVER...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PIATT AND SOUTHEAST 
DE WITT COUNTIES HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 230 AM. 

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LINCOLN.

LAT...LON 3984 8858 3979 8869 3979 8876 3976 8876
      3975 8878 3973 8914 3984 8908 3996 8900
      4018 8904 4021 8856 3995 8856
TIME...MOT...LOC 0713Z 265DEG 43KT 4018 8864 4000 8862
          3989 8866 3978 8878

$$
GEELHART

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler49 min
Jun 4, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott46 min
Jun 4, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon39 min
Jun 4, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Logan, Macon, Menard, Sangamon22 min
Jun 4, 1:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXDeWitt, Macon, Piatt47 min
Jun 4, 1:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXSangamon3 hr
Jun 4, 2:11 AM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, McLean, Piatt19 min
Jun 4, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean22 min
Jun 4, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign50 min
Jun 4, 2:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMacon, Moultrie, Piatt3 hr
Jun 4, 2:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXVermilion37 min
Jun 4, 2:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClark3 hr
Jun 4, 3:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXColes, Douglas, Edgar3 hr
Jun 4, 4:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMorgan, Scott3 hr
Jun 4, 5:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXSangamon3 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.