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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 21 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
- Oct 2, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2014, 8:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
294
WFUS53 KILX 030115
TORILX
ILC033-079-101-159-030145-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0019.141003T0115Z-141003T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
815 PM CDT THU OCT 2 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...
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 813 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF DUNDAS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 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...
CHAUNCEY AROUND 820 PM CDT.
STE. MARIE AROUND 825 PM CDT.
HARDINVILLE AROUND 830 PM CDT.
OBLONG AROUND 835 PM CDT.
ROBINSON AROUND 840 PM CDT.
EATON AND ANNAPOLIS AROUND 845 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STOY.
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 3869 8793 3878 8814 3918 8789 3918 8780
3910 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 208DEG 33KT 3882 8798
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KILX 030136
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
836 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014
ILC033-079-101-159-030146-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-141003T0145Z/
JASPER IL-LAWRENCE IL-RICHLAND IL-CRAWFORD IL-
836 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CRAWFORD...NORTHEASTERN RICHLAND...
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM
LAT...LON 3869 8793 3878 8814 3918 8789 3918 8780
3910 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 208DEG 33KT 3899 8786
$$
HJSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 9:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean | 4 hr |
| Oct 3, 6:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 3 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.