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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 20, 2014Christian County, Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 4:11 PM CST for Christian County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min. 6 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, 4:11 PM CST (22:11 UTC)
Expired: Feb 20, 2014, 4:45 PM CST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Christian County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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, 4:20 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Pana, IL	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR TOWN
Feb 20, 4:20 PM CST	TORNADO	2 S Pana, IL	TOUCHDOWN IN AN OPEN FIELD. NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE.
Feb 20, 4:22 PM CST	TORNADO	2 E Pana, IL	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. ATTACHED GARAGE DESTROYED. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED.
Feb 20, 4:24 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Tower Hill, IL	HOUSE DAMAGED AND OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED.
Feb 20, 4:30 PM CST	TORNADO	4 N Tower Hill, IL	DAMAGE TO A HOUSE AND OUTBUILDINGS
Feb 20, 4:40 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Shelbyville, IL	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. ROOF DAMAGE TO SOME BUILDINGS IN TOWN. TIME ESTIMATED.

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
Feb 20, 3:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	56 min

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

614 
WFUS53 KILX 202211
TORILX
ILC021-173-202245-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0004.140220T2211Z-140220T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CST

* AT 410 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NOKOMIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
  SHELBYVILLE...PANA...COWDEN...TOWER HILL...LAKEWOOD...ASSUMPTION...
  MOWEAQUA...WESTERVELT...STEWARDSON...FINDLAY...WINDSOR...OCONEE...
  ROSAMOND...HERRICK...MODE...CLARKSBURG...EAGLE CREEK STATE PARK...
  WOLF CREEK STATE PARK...STRASBURG AND TROWBRIDGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3922 8915 3935 8915 3935 8931 3965 8901
      3958 8881 3957 8872 3952 8872 3952 8865
      3947 8858 3945 8858 3945 8848 3923 8848
      3921 8905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 236DEG 45KT 3927 8919

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

$$

BARKER

1 follow-up statement

376 
WWUS53 KILX 202222
SVSILX

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

ILC021-173-202245-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140220T2245Z/
SHELBY IL-CHRISTIAN IL-
422 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN AND
SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CST...

AT 420 PM CST...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR PANA...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
SHELBYVILLE...COWDEN...LAKEWOOD...TOWER HILL...ASSUMPTION...
WESTERVELT...MOWEAQUA...STEWARDSON...FINDLAY...WINDSOR...MODE...
CLARKSBURG...STRASBURG...EAGLE CREEK STATE PARK...WOLF CREEK STATE
PARK AND TROWBRIDGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3922 8915 3935 8915 3935 8931 3965 8901
      3958 8881 3957 8872 3952 8872 3952 8865
      3947 8858 3945 8858 3945 8848 3923 8848
      3921 8905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 231DEG 39KT 3937 8904

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

$$

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, 3:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	26 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, 4:40 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.