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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 4, 2014DeWitt County, McLean County, Piatt County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2014, 2:11 AM CDT for DeWitt County, McLean County, Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 19 min. 2 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, 2:11 AM CDT (07:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2014, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties DeWitt County, IL, McLean County, IL, Piatt County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 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
Jun 4, 2:12 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sw Farmer City, IL	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR ROUTE 48 AND 54 INTERSECTION AT FULLERTON. TIME ESTIMATED.
Jun 4, 2:12 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Monticello, IL	TREES DOWN

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
Jun 4, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 6 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: 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.

550 
WFUS53 KILX 040711
TORILX
ILC039-113-147-040730-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0014.140604T0711Z-140604T0730Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT.

* AT 207 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 LE ROY TO WELDON TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO
  TO CERRO GORDO...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 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...
  MONTICELLO...FARMER CITY...BEMENT...WHITE HEATH...MANSFIELD...
  LODGE...GALESVILLE AND BELLFLOWER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 157 AND 172...AND
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 167.

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 4037 8847 4010 8847 3993 8847 3983 8847
      3982 8875 3997 8874 4016 8874 4032 8885
TIME...MOT...LOC 0711Z 261DEG 46KT 4029 8869 4019 8864
          3999 8861 3988 8867

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

$$
GEELHART

1 follow-up statement

060 
WWUS53 KILX 040730
SVSILX

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

ILC039-113-147-040740-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140604T0730Z/
MCLEAN IL-PIATT IL-DE WITT IL-
230 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DE WITT...PIATT AND
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

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

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

LAT...LON 4037 8847 4010 8847 3993 8847 3983 8847
      3982 8875 3997 8874 4016 8874 4032 8885
TIME...MOT...LOC 0730Z 261DEG 46KT 4032 8837 4022 8832
          4002 8830 3991 8836

$$
GEELHART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	49 min
Jun 4, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott	46 min
Jun 4, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	39 min
Jun 4, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Logan, Macon, Menard, Sangamon	22 min
Jun 4, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	47 min
Jun 4, 1:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Sangamon	3 hr
Jun 4, 1:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	25 min
Jun 4, 2:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	22 min
Jun 4, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	50 min
Jun 4, 2:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Macon, Moultrie, Piatt	3 hr
Jun 4, 2:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Vermilion	37 min
Jun 4, 2:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clark	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Edgar	3 hr
Jun 4, 4:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	3 hr
Jun 4, 5:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Sangamon	3 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.