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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Lincoln, IL

October 13, 2014Effingham County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 4:55 PM CDT for Effingham County, Illinois. It was in force for 17 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 13, 2014, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2014, 5:12 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Effingham County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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 13, 2:24 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.

359 
WFUS53 KILX 132155
TORILX
ILC049-132230-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0023.141013T2155Z-141013T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.

* AT 453 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WATSON...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...
  EFFINGHAM AROUND 500 PM CDT.
  TEUTOPOLIS AROUND 505 PM CDT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND 168...AND
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 98.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3904 8869 3921 8864 3921 8847 3919 8847
      3912 8848 3903 8856
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 212DEG 36KT 3907 8862

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

$$
GEELHART

2 follow-up statements

846 
WWUS53 KILX 132204
SVSILX

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

ILC049-132230-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-141013T2230Z/
EFFINGHAM IL-
504 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL EFFINGHAM
COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 504 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR EFFINGHAM...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 AFFECT INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE 
MARKERS 159 AND 168...AND INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 
92 AND 98.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3909 8851 3911 8866 3921 8864 3921 8847
      3919 8847 3912 8848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 212DEG 36KT 3916 8856

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

$$
GEELHART

865 
WWUS53 KILX 132212
SVSILX

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

ILC049-132222-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-141013T2230Z/
EFFINGHAM IL-
512 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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.

LAT...LON 3909 8851 3911 8866 3921 8864 3921 8847
      3919 8847 3912 8848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 212DEG 36KT 3923 8850

$$
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, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon	30 min
Oct 13, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay	30 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

Nearby

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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.