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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2016, 6:33 PM CDT for Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 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
- Mar 15, 2016, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
930
WFUS53 KILX 152333
TORILX
ILC057-095-160000-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0002.160315T2333Z-160316T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
633 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 633 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER GOOD HOPE...OR
8 MILES NORTH OF MACOMB...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABINGDON...AVON...FAIRVIEW...LONDON MILLS...ST. AUGUSTINE...
ELLISVILLE AND DELONG.
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 4059 9007 4052 9045 4080 9044 4091 9023
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 250DEG 25KT 4059 9064
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HJS1 follow-up statement
036
WWUS53 KILX 160002
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
702 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016
ILC057-095-160011-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160316T0000Z/
KNOX-FULTON-
702 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KNOX AND NORTHWESTERN FULTON
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT HAS BEEN REISSUED
FOR SOUTHERN KNOX AND NORTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTIES AND IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 730 PM. PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE
WEATHER INFORMATION.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
KNOX AND NORTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM.
LAT...LON 4059 9007 4052 9045 4080 9044 4091 9023
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 250DEG 25KT 4067 9051
$$
HJSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 1:29 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Clark, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 15, 7:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox | 48 min |
| Mar 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland and 23 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 32 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.