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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 16, 2015Fulton County, Peoria County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT for Fulton County, Peoria County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 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
Jul 16, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2015, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Fulton County, IL, Peoria County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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
Jul 16, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2015-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 836 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2015-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
836 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
9.4

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The text

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

046 
WFUS53 KILX 170200
TORILX
ILC057-143-170230-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0016.150717T0200Z-150717T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
900 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
    
* AT 859 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FARMINGTON...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
  GLASFORD AROUND 920 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
KINGSTON MINES.

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 4056 8974 4059 9001 4067 9000 4069 8972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 276DEG 22KT 4063 8998 

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

$$

AUTEN
1 follow-up statement
999 
WWUS53 KILX 170225
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
925 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2015

ILC057-143-170235-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150717T0230Z/
PEORIA-FULTON-
925 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PEORIA AND NORTHEASTERN
FULTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 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.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 4056 8974 4059 9001 4067 9000 4069 8972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 276DEG 22KT 4063 8998 

$$

AUTEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 7:25 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedILXKnox50 min
Jul 16, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Knox41 min
Jul 16, 8:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXKnox6 hr
Jul 16, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria48 min
Jul 16, 8:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXPeoria6 hr
Jul 16, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton28 min
Jul 16, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall, Tazewell, Woodford52 min
Jul 16, 9:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXFulton, Knox62 hr
Jul 16, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Mason, Tazewell41 min
Jul 16, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXTazewell6 hr
Jul 17, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, McLean, Tazewell47 min
Jul 17, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, McLean52 min
Jul 17, 10:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXFulton53 hr
Jul 17, 10:16 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more33 hr
Jul 17, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXClark24 min

Nearby

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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.