Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2015, 5:13 PM CDT for Jasper County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 19, 2015, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Jasper County, IL, Richland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
592
WFUS53 KILX 192213
TORILX
ILC079-159-192300-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0013.150619T2213Z-150619T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
513 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 513 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WEST LIBERTY...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF
OLNEY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 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...
STE. MARIE AROUND 535 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BOGOTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3884 8800 3880 8811 3892 8828 3900 8806
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 150DEG 9KT 3885 8809
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
AUTEN2 follow-up statements
665
WWUS53 KILX 192232
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
532 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015
ILC159-192241-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150619T2300Z/
RICHLAND-
532 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3889 8806 3886 8814 3893 8825 3894 8822
3899 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 150DEG 9KT 3889 8812
$$
ILC079-192300-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150619T2300Z/
JASPER-
532 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY...
AT 531 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST LIBERTY...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF NEWTON...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 10 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3889 8806 3886 8814 3893 8825 3894 8822
3899 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 150DEG 9KT 3889 8812
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
AUTEN068
WWUS53 KILX 192256
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
556 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015
ILC079-192305-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150619T2300Z/
JASPER-
556 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
600 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3889 8806 3886 8814 3893 8825 3894 8822
3899 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 150DEG 9KT 3889 8812
$$
AUTENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 8:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clay | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 18 days |
| Jun 19, 11:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Coles, Moultrie, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Coles, Moultrie, Shelby | 12 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Jasper, Richland | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 6:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar and 5 more | 15 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2015Every tornado warning in 2015Tornadoes in 2015
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.