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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 15, 2016Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 15, 3:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2016-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2016-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

HJS
1 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 

$$

HJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 1:29 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryILXChampaign, Clark, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar and 8 more8 hr
Mar 15, 7:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXKnox48 min
Mar 15, 3:50 PM CDTWind AdvisoryILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland and 23 more28 hr
Mar 15, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott32 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.