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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lincoln, IL
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
AUTEN1 follow-up statement
999
WWUS53 KILX 170225
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
925 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2015
ILC057-143-170235-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150717T0230Z/
PEORIA-FULTON-
925 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PEORIA AND NORTHEASTERN
FULTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 4056 8974 4059 9001 4067 9000 4069 8972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 276DEG 22KT 4063 8998
$$
AUTENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 50 min |
| Jul 16, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 8:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 48 min |
| Jul 16, 8:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Tazewell, Woodford | 52 min |
| Jul 16, 9:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 62 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Tazewell | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 11:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean, Tazewell | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean | 52 min |
| Jul 17, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 53 hr |
| Jul 17, 10:16 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 33 hr |
| Jul 17, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark | 24 min |
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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.