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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 20, 2014Edgar County, Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 5:45 PM CST for Edgar County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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, 5:45 PM CST (23:45 UTC)
Expired: Feb 20, 2014, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Edgar County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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, 5:53 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 70	1 Sw Ridge Farm, IL	NO POWER IN TOWN

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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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

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The text

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

538 
WFUS53 KILX 202345
TORILX
ILC045-183-210015-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0009.140220T2345Z-140221T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CST

* AT 541 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR REDMON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 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...
  HUME...CHRISMAN...RIDGE FARM...GEORGETOWN...METCALF...EDGAR COUNTY
  AIRPORT...EDGAR AND SCOTTLAND.

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 3967 8753 3961 8782 3969 8797 3973 8797
      4008 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 233DEG 65KT 3969 8785

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

$$

BARKER

2 follow-up statements

946 
WWUS53 KILX 202355
SVSILX

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

ILC045-183-210015-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140221T0015Z/
VERMILION IL-EDGAR IL-
555 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EDGAR AND
SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CST...

AT 552 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CHRISMAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 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...
RIDGE FARM...GEORGETOWN AND SCOTTLAND.

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 3967 8753 3961 8782 3969 8797 3973 8797
      4008 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 233DEG 65KT 3981 8764

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

$$

BARKER

679 
WWUS53 KILX 210007
SVSILX

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

ILC045-183-210018-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140221T0015Z/
VERMILION IL-EDGAR IL-
607 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN EDGAR AND SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CST...

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

LAT...LON 3967 8753 3961 8782 3969 8797 3973 8797
      4008 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 233DEG 65KT 3994 8741

$$

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, 4:11 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, 5:12 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, 5:48 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.