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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Lincoln, IL

October 13, 2014Champaign County, McLean County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 5:37 PM CDT for Champaign County, McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 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, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Champaign County, IL, McLean County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 24 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.

836 
WFUS53 KILX 132237
TORILX
ILC019-113-132300-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0024.141013T2237Z-141013T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.

* AT 535 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF MANSFIELD...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 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 MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN
  CHAMPAIGN AND SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
  BELLFLOWER AND FOOSLAND.

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 A BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4030 8843 4031 8859 4042 8852 4037 8837
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 205DEG 47KT 4034 8851

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

$$
GEELHART

2 follow-up statements

343 
WWUS53 KILX 132244
SVSILX

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

ILC019-132254-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-141013T2300Z/
CHAMPAIGN IL-
544 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. REMAIN ALERT FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 4036 8846 4038 8854 4042 8852 4040 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 205DEG 47KT 4043 8848

$$

ILC113-132300-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-141013T2300Z/
MCLEAN IL-
544 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY
UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 544 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SAYBROOK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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.

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 4036 8846 4038 8854 4042 8852 4040 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 205DEG 47KT 4043 8848

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

$$
GEELHART

402 
WWUS53 KILX 132251
SVSILX

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

ILC113-132301-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-141013T2300Z/
MCLEAN IL-
551 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
600 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. 

LAT...LON 4036 8846 4038 8854 4042 8852 4040 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 205DEG 47KT 4051 8843

$$
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, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Effingham	17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.