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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 27, 2016Christian County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2016, 7:12 PM CDT for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 48 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: Apr 27, 2016, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Christian County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 104 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -253 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

326 
WFUS53 KILX 280012
TORILX
ILC021-280100-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0011.160428T0012Z-160428T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
712 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
    
* AT 712 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF NOKOMIS...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 15 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...
  PANA AROUND 800 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
VANDERVILLE AND ROSAMOND.

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 3935 8943 3937 8943 3945 8922 3939 8909
      3935 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 247DEG 11KT 3935 8937 

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

$$

SHIMON

4 follow-up statements

209 
WWUS53 KILX 280024
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
724 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

ILC021-280100-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160428T0100Z/
CHRISTIAN-
724 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY...
    
AT 723 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NOKOMIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
  PANA AROUND 800 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
VANDERVILLE AND ROSAMOND.

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.

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 3935 8937 3939 8937 3945 8922 3939 8909
      3935 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 254DEG 12KT 3936 8931 

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

$$

SHIMON

959 
WWUS53 KILX 280033
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
733 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

ILC021-280100-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160428T0100Z/
CHRISTIAN-
733 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY...
    
AT 733 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NOKOMIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
  PANA AROUND 800 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
VANDERVILLE AND ROSAMOND.

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.

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 3935 8933 3941 8932 3944 8920 3939 8909
      3935 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 256DEG 12KT 3937 8927 

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

$$

SHIMON

651 
WWUS53 KILX 280042
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
742 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

ILC021-280100-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160428T0100Z/
CHRISTIAN-
742 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY...
    
AT 742 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF NOKOMIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
VANDERVILLE AND ROSAMOND.

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.

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 3935 8927 3942 8927 3944 8920 3939 8909
      3935 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 254DEG 13KT 3938 8922 

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

$$

SHIMON

778 
WWUS53 KILX 280057
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
757 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

ILC021-280107-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160428T0100Z/
CHRISTIAN-
757 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 800 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.

LAT...LON 3935 8927 3942 8927 3944 8920 3939 8909
      3935 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 247DEG 11KT 3938 8922 

$$

SHIMON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby	44 min
Apr 27, 7:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Richland	43 min
Apr 27, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Jasper	47 min
Apr 27, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland	14 min
Apr 27, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	66 min
Apr 27, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Schuyler	61 min
Apr 27, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Schuyler	63 min
Apr 27, 10:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Macon	65 min
Apr 27, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	59 min
Apr 28, 12:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Logan	38 min
Apr 28, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Moultrie, Shelby	59 min
Apr 28, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan	36 min
Apr 28, 1:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt	28 min
Apr 28, 1:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Douglas	52 min
Apr 28, 2:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Edgar, Vermilion	68 min
Apr 28, 2:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Coles	38 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.