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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lincoln, IL
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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
$$
SHIMON2 follow-up statements
347
WWUS53 KILX 230157
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
857 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015
ILC175-230230-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150623T0230Z/
STARK-
857 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
STARK COUNTY...
AT 857 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ELMIRA...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LACON...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
OSCEOLA AROUND 905 PM CDT.
CASTLETON AROUND 910 PM CDT.
BRADFORD AROUND 915 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4109 8964 4113 8997 4113 8998 4115 8997
4115 8987 4123 8986 4123 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 275DEG 32KT 4118 8985
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SHIMON604
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
$$
SHIMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Schuyler | 40 min |
| Jun 23, 3:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Mason and 8 more | 44 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.