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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Lincoln, IL

September 10, 2014Crawford County, Jasper County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Sep 10, 2014, 7:46 PM CDT for Crawford County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 min. 5 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: Sep 10, 2014, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired: Sep 10, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 29 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 00:49 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
Sep 10, 7:46 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Ste. Marie, IL	12 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN IN STE. MARIE
Sep 10, 7:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Ste. Marie, IL	LARGE MACHINE SHED AND MACHINERY DAMAGED
Sep 10, 7:54 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Oblong, IL	SEVERAL TREES AND TREE BRANCHES WERE BLOWN DOWN...INCLUDING 2 THAT FELL ON STRUCTURES...NO INJURIES.
Sep 10, 7:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 S Oblong, IL	GRAIN DELIVERY SYSTEM BLOWN OVER AND DAMAGED.
Sep 10, 7:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Oblong, IL	NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN...SOME ONTO HOUSES AND GARAGES. CARPORT BLOWN OVER.

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
Sep 10, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 952 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

742 
WFUS53 KILX 110046
TORILX
ILC033-079-110115-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0018.140911T0046Z-140911T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
746 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 744 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STE. MARIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
  OBLONG AROUND 755 PM CDT.
  HARDINVILLE AROUND 800 PM CDT.
  NEW HEBRON AND ROBINSON AROUND 810 PM CDT.
  PALESTINE AND FLAT ROCK AROUND 815 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STOY...CRAWFORD COUNTY AIRPORT
AND TRIMBLE.

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 3888 8754 3885 8787 3885 8812 3900 8816
      3910 8762 3906 8757 3900 8757 3898 8754
      3890 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 260DEG 32KT 3893 8802

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

$$

BAK

2 follow-up statements

907 
WWUS53 KILX 110101
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
801 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2014

ILC079-110111-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140911T0115Z/
JASPER IL-
801 PM CDT WED SEP 10 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 3888 8754 3885 8787 3904 8793 3910 8762
      3906 8757 3900 8757 3898 8754 3890 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 260DEG 32KT 3895 8785

$$

ILC033-110115-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140911T0115Z/
CRAWFORD IL-
801 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY UNTIL 815
PM CDT...

AT 758 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HARDINVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
  NEW HEBRON AND ROBINSON AROUND 810 PM CDT.
  PALESTINE AND FLAT ROCK AROUND 815 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CRAWFORD COUNTY AIRPORT.

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 3888 8754 3885 8787 3904 8793 3910 8762
      3906 8757 3900 8757 3898 8754 3890 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 260DEG 32KT 3895 8785

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

$$

BAK

795 
WWUS53 KILX 110117
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
817 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2014

ILC033-110127-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140911T0115Z/
CRAWFORD IL-
817 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3888 8754 3885 8787 3904 8793 3910 8762
      3906 8757 3900 8757 3898 8754 3890 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 260DEG 32KT 3895 8785

$$

BAK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 10, 7:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper	3 hr
Sep 10, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Jasper, Richland	39 min
Sep 10, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence	14 min
Sep 10, 8:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence	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.