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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2016, 6:46 PM CDT for Effingham County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2016, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Effingham County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 6:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Altamont, IL | BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER |
| Apr 27, 6:59 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 S Altamont, IL | FUNNEL CLOUD AND WALL CLOUD VIEWED BY SPOTTER |
| Apr 27, 7:04 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Altamont, IL | POWER POLE BLOWN DOWN OVER ROADWAY AND SEMI TRUCK BLOWN OVER ON I-70 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
722
WFUS53 KILX 272346
TORILX
ILC049-280015-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0010.160427T2346Z-160428T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
646 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 645 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. ELMO...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
EFFINGHAM...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...
ALTAMONT AROUND 650 PM CDT.
WATSON AROUND 705 PM CDT.
TEUTOPOLIS AROUND 710 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HEARTVILLE...ELLIOTSTOWN...EFFINGHAM COUNTY AIRPORT...ALTAMONT
RESERVOIR...LAKE SARA AND MASON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 147 AND 167.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 99.
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 3909 8881 3921 8849 3898 8839 3894 8880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 258DEG 36KT 3900 8879
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
251 follow-up statement
297
WWUS53 KILX 272359
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
659 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
ILC049-280015-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160428T0015Z/
EFFINGHAM-
659 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
EFFINGHAM COUNTY...
AT 658 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ALTAMONT...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EFFINGHAM...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
EFFINGHAM...TEUTOPOLIS AND WATSON AROUND 715 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HEARTVILLE...ELLIOTSTOWN...EFFINGHAM COUNTY AIRPORT...ALTAMONT RESERVOIR
AND LAKE SARA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 149 AND 167.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 99.
LAT...LON 3909 8881 3921 8849 3898 8839 3897 8880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 255DEG 30KT 3903 8873
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
25The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 9:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 6 days |
| Apr 27, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Richland | 49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.