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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2014, 12:56 AM CDT for Crawford County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 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
- Sep 2, 2014, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2014, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
132
WFUS53 KILX 020556
TORILX
ILC033-079-020630-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0017.140902T0556Z-140902T0630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1256 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 1254 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STE. MARIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HARDINVILLE AROUND 110 AM CDT.
NEW HEBRON AROUND 120 AM CDT.
FLAT ROCK AND ROBINSON AROUND 125 AM CDT.
PALESTINE AROUND 130 AM CDT.
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 3889 8753 3885 8803 3896 8801 3905 8759
3902 8756 3899 8756 3898 8753 3895 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 258DEG 26KT 3887 8796
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
BAK2 follow-up statements
749
WWUS53 KILX 020615
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
115 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014
ILC079-020625-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140902T0630Z/
JASPER IL-
115 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3889 8753 3887 8784 3894 8786 3902 8756
3899 8756 3898 8753 3895 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 258DEG 26KT 3890 8780
$$
ILC033-020630-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140902T0630Z/
CRAWFORD IL-
115 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
UNTIL 130 AM CDT...
AT 112 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HARDINVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
NEW HEBRON...FLAT ROCK AND PALESTINE.
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 3889 8753 3887 8784 3894 8786 3902 8756
3899 8756 3898 8753 3895 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 258DEG 26KT 3890 8780
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
BAK424
WWUS53 KILX 020629
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
129 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014
ILC033-020639-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140902T0630Z/
CRAWFORD IL-
129 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
130 AM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 3889 8753 3887 8784 3894 8786 3902 8756
3899 8756 3898 8753 3895 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0629Z 258DEG 26KT 3892 8767
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 12:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 12:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Jasper | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 1:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Lawrence, Richland | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 11:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 5 days |
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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.