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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Lincoln, IL

September 9, 2016Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 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, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.0 in

County Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 9, 7:22 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Ne Catlin, IL	.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 9, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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.

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: 237 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

991 
WFUS53 KILX 100015
TORILX
ILC183-100045-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0022.160910T0015Z-160910T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 714 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CATLIN...OR 7
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 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. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DANVILLE...WESTVILLE...TILTON AND BELGIUM AROUND 725 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
KICKAPOO STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 207 AND 220.
 
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 4001 8776 4014 8778 4021 8753 4005 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 249DEG 24KT 4007 8772 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

BAK

2 follow-up statements

540 
WWUS53 KILX 100026
SVSILX

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

ILC183-100045-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160910T0045Z/
VERMILION-
726 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL VERMILION COUNTY...
    
AT 726 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER TILTON...OR NEAR
DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 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
EAST CENTRAL VERMILION COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 213 AND 220.
 
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 4003 8766 4017 8768 4021 8753 4005 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 249DEG 24KT 4010 8762 

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

$$

BAK

162 
WWUS53 KILX 100042
SVSILX

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

ILC183-100052-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160910T0045Z/
VERMILION-
742 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL VERMILION COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 745 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.

LAT...LON 4003 8766 4017 8768 4021 8753 4005 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 249DEG 24KT 4010 8762 

$$

BAK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 9, 7:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clark	32 min
Sep 10, 4:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Clay, Effingham	3 hr
Sep 10, 5:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	4 hr
Sep 10, 5:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Piatt, Vermilion	3 hr
Sep 10, 7:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	4 hr

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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.