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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 5:12 PM CST for Coles County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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, 5:12 PM CST (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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, 5:38 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 W Chrisman, IL | |
| Feb 20, 5:43 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Redmon, IL | ROAD SIGN BLOWN DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF RT. 49 AND RT. 133. |
| Feb 20, 5:43 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 Wsw Chrisman, IL | TORNADO ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 2 MILES. ABOUT 75 YARDS WIDE. NO DAMAGE REPORTED AT THIS TIME. |
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, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
806
WFUS53 KILX 202312
TORILX
ILC029-041-045-202345-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0007.140220T2312Z-140220T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
512 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 545 PM CST
* AT 509 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HINDSBORO...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
HINDSBORO...CAMARGO...OAKLAND...BROCTON...REDMON...NEWMAN...HUME...
CHRISMAN...MURDOCK...ISABEL...BORTON...PALERMO...METCALF AND EDGAR.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 206.
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.
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 3959 8782 3952 8823 3967 8834 3988 8812
3988 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 235DEG 49KT 3966 8815
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BARKER1 follow-up statement
428
WWUS53 KILX 202325
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
525 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
ILC029-041-045-202345-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140220T2345Z/
COLES IL-DOUGLAS IL-EDGAR IL-
525 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EDGAR...EASTERN
DOUGLAS AND NORTHEASTERN COLES COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CST...
AT 523 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR OAKLAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BROCTON...NEWMAN...REDMON...HUME...CHRISMAN...PALERMO...METCALF AND
EDGAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 3959 8782 3962 8820 3974 8817 3988 8795
3988 8762 3987 8761 3987 8756 3988 8757
3988 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 238DEG 46KT 3972 8799
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BARKERThe 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, 4:11 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, 5:14 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.