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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 22, 2015Stark County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2015, 8:40 PM CDT for Stark County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 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 22, 2015, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2015, 9:13 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Stark County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2015-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1958 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2015-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 401 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1958 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
401 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
441 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
5.7
Supercell composite
17.5

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The text

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

210 
WFUS53 KILX 230140
TORILX
ILC175-230230-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0014.150623T0140Z-150623T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
840 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
    
* AT 840 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF LA FAYETTE...OR 25 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF GALESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
  ELMIRA AROUND 855 PM CDT.
  OSCEOLA AROUND 900 PM CDT.
  CASTLETON AROUND 905 PM CDT.
  BRADFORD AROUND 910 PM CDT.

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 4109 8964 4113 8997 4113 8998 4115 8997
      4115 8987 4123 8986 4123 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 278DEG 34KT 4120 9002 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

SHIMON
2 follow-up statements
347 
WWUS53 KILX 230157
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
857 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

ILC175-230230-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150623T0230Z/
STARK-
857 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
STARK COUNTY...
        
AT 857 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ELMIRA...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LACON...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 

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...
  OSCEOLA AROUND 905 PM CDT.
  CASTLETON AROUND 910 PM CDT.
  BRADFORD AROUND 915 PM CDT.

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 4109 8964 4113 8997 4113 8998 4115 8997
      4115 8987 4123 8986 4123 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 275DEG 32KT 4118 8985 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

SHIMON
604 
WWUS53 KILX 230213
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
913 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

ILC175-230223-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150623T0230Z/
STARK-
913 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN STARK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
LINCOLN.

LAT...LON 4109 8964 4113 8997 4113 8998 4115 8997
      4115 8987 4123 8986 4123 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 278DEG 34KT 4116 8965 

$$

SHIMON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan, Schuyler40 min
Jun 23, 3:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchILXCass, Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Mason and 8 more44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.