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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2016, 7:22 PM CDT for Stark County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 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 14, 2016, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Stark County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 2459 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 11.2
The text
As transmitted.
449
WFUS53 KILX 150022
TORILX
ILC175-150100-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0017.160615T0022Z-160615T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
722 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 722 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OSCEOLA...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
KEWANEE...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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSCEOLA AND BRADFORD.
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 4115 8964 4111 8978 4117 8983 4121 8982
4123 8981 4124 8967 4123 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 238DEG 12KT 4117 8975
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
SMITH2 follow-up statements
373
WWUS53 KILX 150038
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
738 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
ILC175-150100-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160615T0100Z/
STARK-
738 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY...
AT 737 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BRADFORD...OR 12 MILES EAST OF KEWANEE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSCEOLA AND BRADFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4115 8964 4111 8978 4117 8983 4121 8982
4123 8981 4124 8967 4123 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 238DEG 12KT 4120 8969
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SMITH128
WWUS53 KILX 150050
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
750 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
ILC175-150100-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160615T0100Z/
STARK-
750 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
800 PM CDT...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4115 8964 4111 8978 4117 8983 4121 8982
4123 8981 4124 8967 4123 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 238DEG 12KT 4120 8969
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stark | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Shelby | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 58 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.