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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Lincoln, IL

September 9, 2016Clark County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2016, 7:17 PM CDT for Clark County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 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: Sep 9, 2016, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2016, 7:49 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Clark County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 120 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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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 121 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.

073 
WFUS53 KILX 100017
TORILX
ILC023-100100-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0023.160910T0017Z-160910T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
    
* AT 716 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER MARSHALL...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...
  DENNISON AROUND 730 PM CDT. 

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

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 154.
 
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 3934 8756 3934 8758 3932 8760 3932 8776
      3945 8777 3947 8753 3936 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 265DEG 28KT 3937 8770 

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

$$

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3 follow-up statements

691 
WWUS53 KILX 100028
SVSILX

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

ILC023-100100-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160910T0100Z/
CLARK-
728 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY...
    
AT 728 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER MARSHALL...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...
  DENNISON AROUND 735 PM CDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 154.
 
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 3937 8772 3945 8772 3947 8753 3936 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 253DEG 28KT 3940 8764 

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

$$

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845 
WWUS53 KILX 100038
SVSILX

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

ILC023-100100-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160910T0100Z/
CLARK-
738 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY...
    
AT 738 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER DENNISON...OR NEAR MARSHALL...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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 154.
 
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 3938 8762 3946 8764 3947 8753 3937 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 248DEG 20KT 3943 8758 

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

$$

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675 
WWUS53 KILX 100049
SVSILX

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

ILC023-100059-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160910T0100Z/
CLARK-
749 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
LINCOLN.

LAT...LON 3938 8762 3946 8764 3947 8753 3937 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 265DEG 28KT 3944 8747 

$$

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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, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILX	Vermilion	30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.