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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Lincoln, IL

October 13, 2014Macon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 4:15 PM CDT for Macon County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 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: Oct 13, 2014, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2014, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Macon County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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
Oct 13, 4:15 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 S Decatur Airport, IL	STOP LIGHTS DOWN BY THE MT. ZION RURAL KING. POWER LINES DOWN AND A LOT OF DEBRIS IN THE AREA.
Oct 13, 4:15 PM CDT	TORNADO	Long Creek, IL	TORNADO ON THE GROUND WITH VISIBLE DEBRIS JUST WEST OF LONG CREEK NEAR US-36.
Oct 13, 4:19 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 63	Decatur Airport, IL
Oct 13, 4:29 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	3 Ne Argenta, IL	ON THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES. CAUSED NO DAMAGE.
Oct 13, 4:29 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Ne Argenta, IL

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
Oct 13, 2:24 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 35 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: 21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 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.

807 
WFUS53 KILX 132115
TORILX
ILC115-132145-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0022.141013T2115Z-141013T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
415 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.

* AT 412 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LONG CREEK...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD. THE FUNNEL CLOUD
           WAS REPORTED BY MACON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ON THE
           NORTHEAST SIDE OF MOUNT ZION AT 411 PM. STORM SPOTTERS
           ALSO REPORTED ROTATION OVER LONG CREEK.

  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...
  OREANA AROUND 420 PM CDT.
  ARGENTA AROUND 425 PM CDT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144 AND 155.

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 3977 8886 3978 8893 4005 8888 4005 8875
      3997 8875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 197DEG 38KT 3985 8887

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

$$
GEELHART

3 follow-up statements

601 
WWUS53 KILX 132123
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
423 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

ILC115-132145-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-141013T2145Z/
MACON IL-
423 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

AT 421 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF OREANA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. THE DECATUR AIRPORT REPORTED A
         WIND GUST TO 63 MPH AT 415 PM.

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 AFFECT ARGENTA...AND INTERSTATE 72 
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 146 AND 155.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
LINCOLN.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 3990 8881 3991 8887 4005 8885 4005 8875
      3997 8875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 197DEG 38KT 3994 8883

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

$$
GEELHART

916 
WWUS53 KILX 132132
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
432 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

ILC115-132145-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-141013T2145Z/
MACON IL-
432 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

AT 432 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF ARGENTA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 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...
  INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND THE PIATT COUNTY BORDER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
LINCOLN.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 3998 8877 3998 8880 4005 8882 4005 8875
      3999 8875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 197DEG 38KT 4003 8878

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

$$
GEELHART

920 
WWUS53 KILX 132138
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
438 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

ILC115-132148-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-141013T2145Z/
MACON IL-
438 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
445 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. 

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LINCOLN.

LAT...LON 3998 8877 3998 8880 4005 8882 4005 8875
      3999 8875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 197DEG 38KT 4009 8876

$$
GEELHART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Shelby	20 min
Oct 13, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon	34 min
Oct 13, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay	30 min
Oct 13, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Effingham	17 min
Oct 13, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, McLean	23 min
Oct 13, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas	14 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.