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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2014, 5:42 PM CDT for Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 20 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
- Jun 7, 2014, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2014, 6:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 7, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
704
WFUS53 KILX 072242
TORILX
ILC167-072315-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0015.140607T2242Z-140607T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
542 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 535 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOAMI...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. ILLINOIS STATE POLICE REPORTED
A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM.
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...
SPRINGFIELD AROUND 605 PM CDT.
SHERMAN AND RIVERTON AROUND 615 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE JEROME...LELAND GROVE...
SOUTHERN VIEW...CAPITAL AIRPORT...GRANDVIEW...CLEAR LAKE...SPAULDING
AND CANTRALL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 107.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 111.
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 3992 8975 3992 8970 3995 8970 3998 8966
3998 8961 3982 8945 3964 8979 3978 8994
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 231DEG 14KT 3977 8978
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
147
WWUS53 KILX 072251
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
551 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
ILC167-072315-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140607T2315Z/
SANGAMON IL-
551 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SANGAMON COUNTY UNTIL 615
PM CDT...
AT 547 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SPRINGFIELD AROUND 605 PM CDT.
SHERMAN AND RIVERTON AROUND 615 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LELAND GROVE...SOUTHERN
VIEW...CAPITAL AIRPORT...GRANDVIEW...CLEAR LAKE...SPAULDING AND
CANTRALL.
INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 107.
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 111.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3992 8975 3992 8970 3995 8970 3998 8966
3998 8961 3982 8945 3964 8979 3978 8994
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 231DEG 14KT 3979 8974
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
BARKER137
WWUS53 KILX 072302
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
602 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
ILC167-072312-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140607T2315Z/
SANGAMON IL-
602 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SANGAMON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
LAT...LON 3992 8975 3992 8970 3995 8970 3998 8966
3998 8961 3982 8945 3964 8979 3978 8994
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 231DEG 14KT 3982 8970
$$
BARKERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian, Macon, Sangamon | 43 min |
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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.