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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2016, 6:25 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports 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, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 6:39 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Bismarck, IL | TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Sep 9, 7:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Danville, IL | HOUSES DAMAGED, TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON FLETCHER IN DANVILLE. |
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 79 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
943
WFUS53 KILX 092325
TORILX
ILC183-100000-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0020.160909T2325Z-160910T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
625 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 624 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OAKWOOD...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
VERMILION COUNTY AIRPORT...COLLISON...KICKAPOO STATE
PARK...HENNING... ALVIN...MIDDLE FORK WILDLIFE AREA AND BISMARCK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 205 AND 211.
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 4009 8779 4026 8788 4041 8754 4038 8753
4014 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 247DEG 16KT 4021 8775
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
BAK2 follow-up statements
839
WWUS53 KILX 092346
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
646 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
ILC183-100000-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160910T0000Z/
VERMILION-
646 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL VERMILION COUNTY...
AT 646 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF DANVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BISMARCK AND ALVIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4021 8762 4028 8766 4033 8753 4023 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 245DEG 18KT 4025 8760
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BAK202
WWUS53 KILX 092359
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
659 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
ILC183-100008-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160910T0000Z/
VERMILION-
659 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL VERMILION COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 700 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST
VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM.
LAT...LON 4021 8762 4028 8766 4033 8753 4023 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 247DEG 16KT 4025 8760
$$
BAKThe 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, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 52 min |
| Sep 9, 6:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.