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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 7, 2015Edgar County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2015, 9:57 PM CDT for Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 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 7, 2015, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2015, 10:29 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Edgar County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 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 7, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 306 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 2015-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1647 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2015-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
1647 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

633 
WFUS53 KILX 080257
TORILX
ILC045-080345-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0009.150608T0257Z-150608T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
957 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
    
* AT 957 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER HUME...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF PARIS...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  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...
  CHRISMAN AROUND 1015 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SCOTTLAND...EDGAR AND METCALF.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3972 8797 3979 8797 3980 8794 3988 8794
      3988 8762 3987 8761 3987 8757 3988 8758
      3988 8753 3970 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 268DEG 34KT 3982 8790 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BAK
1 follow-up statement
428 
WWUS53 KILX 080329
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1029 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015

ILC045-080338-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150608T0345Z/
EDGAR-
1029 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN EDGAR COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 3972 8797 3979 8797 3980 8794 3988 8794
      3988 8762 3987 8761 3987 8757 3988 8758
      3988 8753 3970 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 268DEG 34KT 3983 8751 

$$

BAK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton, Knox5 hr
Jun 7, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell42 min
Jun 7, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion52 min
Jun 7, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler61 min
Jun 7, 7:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXLogan, McLean, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford5 hr
Jun 7, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, McLean, Tazewell24 min
Jun 7, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard, Tazewell53 min
Jun 7, 8:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion4 hr
Jun 7, 8:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXDeWitt, McLean, Piatt6 hr
Jun 7, 8:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXLogan, Mason, Menard5 hr
Jun 7, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion43 min
Jun 7, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt36 min
Jun 7, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Moultrie, Sangamon, Shelby45 min
Jun 7, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Vermilion46 min
Jun 7, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Douglas25 min
Jun 7, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion36 min
Jun 7, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Coles, Cumberland43 min
Jun 7, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClark, Coles, Edgar33 min
Jun 7, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar30 min
Jun 7, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Crawford, Jasper46 min
Jun 7, 11:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion9 hr
Jun 7, 11:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXLogan, McLean, Mason, Tazewell6 hr
Jun 8, 12:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEffingham11 hr
Jun 8, 2:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClay8 hr
Jun 8, 3:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXVermilion49 hr
Jun 8, 4:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXClay, Richland29 days
Jun 8, 9:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXPiatt13 days
Jun 8, 9:46 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXChampaign, Vermilion4 hr
Jun 8, 10:39 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningILXEffingham12 hr
Jun 8, 11:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXCass, Fulton, Mason61 days
Jun 8, 11:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXBrown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler63 days
Jun 8, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Fulton, Mason, Menard47 min
Jun 8, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean45 min
Jun 8, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean46 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.