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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lincoln, IL

September 9, 2016Clark County, Cumberland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2016, 6:23 PM CDT for Clark County, Cumberland County, Illinois. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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: Sep 9, 2016, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Clark County, IL, Cumberland County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 9, 6:46 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 S Casey, IL	BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

967 
WFUS53 KILX 092323
TORILX
ILC023-035-100015-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0019.160909T2323Z-160910T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
623 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
    
* AT 622 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER GREENUP...OR NEAR TOLEDO...MOVING EAST AT
  30 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...
  HAZEL DELL AROUND 630 PM CDT. 
  CASEY AROUND 640 PM CDT. 
  MARTINSVILLE AROUND 650 PM CDT. 
  WEST UNION AROUND 710 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ORANGE...LINCOLN TRAIL STATE PARK AND UNION CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 117 AND 140...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 143.
 
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 3918 8817 3931 8820 3941 8772 3918 8764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 259DEG 28KT 3923 8814 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

056 
WWUS53 KILX 092344
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
644 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

ILC035-092353-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160910T0015Z/
CUMBERLAND-
644 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 3921 8801 3934 8801 3941 8772 3921 8765
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 256DEG 23KT 3926 8798 

$$

ILC023-100015-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160910T0015Z/
CLARK-
644 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY...
    
AT 643 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CASEY...OR 14 MILES EAST OF TOLEDO...MOVING EAST AT
25 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...
  MARTINSVILLE AROUND 700 PM CDT. 
  WEST UNION AROUND 715 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LINCOLN TRAIL STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 127 AND 138...AND
NEAR MILE MARKER 143.
 
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 3921 8801 3934 8801 3941 8772 3921 8765
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 256DEG 23KT 3926 8798 

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

$$

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521 
WWUS53 KILX 092359 RRA
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
659 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

ILC023-100015-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160910T0015Z/
CLARK-
659 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CLARK COUNTY...
    
AT 659 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER
MARTINSVILLE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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
CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: LINCOLN
TRAIL STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 131 AND 137...AND
NEAR MILE MARKER 143.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3927 8793 3935 8796 3941 8772 3929 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 264DEG 21KT 3932 8788 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 9, 2:15 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland and 21 more	7 hr
Sep 9, 5:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign	3 hr
Sep 9, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign	36 min
Sep 9, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Vermilion	35 min
Sep 9, 6:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Vermilion	3 hr
Sep 9, 6:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.