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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 20, 2014Christian County, Sangamon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 3:49 PM CST for Christian County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 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: Feb 20, 2014, 3:49 PM CST (21:49 UTC)
Expired: Feb 20, 2014, 4:15 PM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Christian County, IL, Sangamon County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Feb 20, 3:58 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Kincaid, IL	15 POWER POLES SNAPPED JUST EAST OF POWER PLANT
Feb 20, 4:00 PM CST	TORNADO	1 Ne Mechanicsburg, IL	7 OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. MINOR DAMAGE TO HOUSE. CAMPER BLOWN OVER. SEVERAL POWER POLES SNAPPED.
Feb 20, 4:00 PM CST	TORNADO	3 E Mechanicsburg, IL	2 OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED AND 5 DAMAGED. MINOR DAMAGE TO HOUSE. NO INJURIES. CAMPER BLOWN OVER. SEVERAL POWER POLES SNAPPED. CORRECTED LOCATION AND DAMAGE.
Feb 20, 4:04 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Illiopolis, IL	4 POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN AND SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED.
Feb 20, 4:05 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Illiopolis, IL	NUMEROUS POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN ON OLD RT. 36.

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
Feb 20, 1:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 80 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: 507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 582 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 576 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.

831 
WFUS53 KILX 202149
TORILX
ILC021-167-202215-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0002.140220T2149Z-140220T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
349 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  EASTERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 347 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PAWNEE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
           WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROCHESTER...EDINBURG...MECHANICSBURG...MOUNT AUBURN...ILLIOPOLIS...
  SANGCHRIS LAKE STATE PARK...BERRY...ROBY AND BUFFALO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 89.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111 AND 124.

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 3964 8970 3992 8935 3992 8922 3981 8922
      3982 8919 3980 8914 3951 8953
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 225DEG 61KT 3965 8952

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

2 follow-up statements

924 
WWUS53 KILX 202204
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
404 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

ILC021-167-202215-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140220T2215Z/
SANGAMON IL-CHRISTIAN IL-
404 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN
AND NORTHEASTERN SANGAMON COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CST...

AT 401 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MECHANICSBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
         BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ILLIOPOLIS.

INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 117 AND 123.

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 3961 8940 3992 8935 3992 8922 3981 8922
      3982 8919 3980 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 226DEG 56KT 3982 8930

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BARKER

748 
WWUS53 KILX 202213
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
413 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

ILC021-167-202223-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140220T2215Z/
SANGAMON IL-CHRISTIAN IL-
413 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN AND NORTHEASTERN
SANGAMON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CST...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.  HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 3961 8940 3992 8935 3992 8922 3981 8922
      3982 8919 3980 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 226DEG 56KT 3991 8916

$$

BARKER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 19, 8:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	7 days
Feb 19, 9:16 PM CST	High Wind Watch	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more	6 hr
Feb 19, 11:12 PM CST	River Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	5 days
Feb 19, 11:12 PM CST	River Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton	4 days
Feb 20, 3:15 AM CST	High Wind Warning	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar and 19 more	20 hr
Feb 20, 3:15 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more	24 hr
Feb 20, 11:46 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Knox, Stark	5 hr
Feb 20, 2:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Schuyler and 1 more	40 min
Feb 20, 2:40 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ILX	Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Peoria, Stark and 2 more	2 hr
Feb 20, 2:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Schuyler	30 min
Feb 20, 2:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Morgan, Scott	26 min
Feb 20, 3:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason, Menard	28 min
Feb 20, 3:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	31 min
Feb 20, 4:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Coles, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt and 1 more	59 min
Feb 20, 4:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon	22 min
Feb 20, 4:09 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Sangamon	5 hr
Feb 20, 4:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	34 min
Feb 20, 4:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby	35 min
Feb 20, 4:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby	28 min
Feb 20, 5:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 3 more	54 min
Feb 20, 5:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Edgar	33 min
Feb 20, 5:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar	31 min
Feb 20, 5:42 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby	6 hr
Feb 20, 5:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar, Vermilion	30 min
Feb 20, 5:48 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 7 more	6 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.