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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 11, 2016Cumberland County, Effingham County, Jasper County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2016, 4:31 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Effingham County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 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: May 11, 2016, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Cumberland County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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
May 11, 12:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

823 
WFUS53 KILX 112131
TORILX
ILC035-049-079-112200-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0016.160511T2131Z-160511T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
431 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
  NORTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 430 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
  TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED NEAR
  EFFINGHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST 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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EFFINGHAM...NEOGA...TEUTOPOLIS...WATSON...JEWETT...SHUMWAY...MONTROSE...
  WOODBURY...HEARTVILLE...EFFINGHAM COUNTY AIRPORT AND LAKE SARA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 153 AND 168...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 173 AND 178.
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 114.

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 3916 8875 3922 8865 3922 8847 3933 8847
      3937 8840 3937 8837 3919 8817 3901 8863
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 235DEG 29KT 3913 8862 

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

$$

SMITH

1 follow-up statement

031 
WWUS53 KILX 112200
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
500 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

ILC035-049-079-112210-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160511T2200Z/
JASPER-EFFINGHAM-CUMBERLAND-
500 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JASPER...NORTHERN EFFINGHAM
AND WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 3916 8875 3922 8865 3922 8847 3933 8847
      3937 8840 3937 8837 3919 8817 3901 8863
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 235DEG 29KT 3913 8862 

$$

SMITH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 1:53 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more	7 hr
May 11, 11:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason	13 days
May 11, 11:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Brown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler	14 days
May 11, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	28 min
May 11, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Menard, Sangamon	37 min
May 11, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Sangamon	37 min
May 11, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Macon	37 min
May 11, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	42 min
May 11, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Richland	30 min
May 11, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Piatt	42 min
May 11, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	39 min
May 11, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	56 min
May 11, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas	46 min
May 11, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	62 min
May 11, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence, Richland	45 min
May 11, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Richland, Shelby	43 min
May 11, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Edgar, Vermilion	51 min
May 11, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Douglas	39 min
May 11, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence	46 min
May 11, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence, Richland	39 min
May 11, 5:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Effingham	3 hr
May 11, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper	37 min
May 11, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Edgar	43 min
May 11, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence	19 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.