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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2016, 6:37 PM CDT for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 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
- Apr 27, 2016, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Christian County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
046
WFUS53 KILX 272337
TORILX
ILC021-280015-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0009.160427T2337Z-160428T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
637 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 637 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MORRISONVILLE...
OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF NOKOMIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
MORRISONVILLE AROUND 650 PM CDT.
TAYLORVILLE...KINCAID...BULPITT AND JEISYVILLE AROUND 715 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PALMER...OWANECO...TAYLORVILLE AIRPORT...VANDERVILLE AND TOVEY.
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 3935 8953 3951 8953 3960 8943 3956 8926
3943 8910 3934 8931
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 226DEG 18KT 3938 8950
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SHIMON2 follow-up statements
028
WWUS53 KILX 272345
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
645 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
ILC021-280015-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160428T0015Z/
CHRISTIAN-
645 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
CHRISTIAN COUNTY...
AT 645 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
RAYMOND...OR 9 MILES WEST OF NOKOMIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MORRISONVILLE AROUND 705 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PALMER...OWANECO...TAYLORVILLE AIRPORT AND VANDERVILLE.
LAT...LON 3935 8953 3949 8953 3959 8938 3956 8926
3943 8910 3934 8931
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 238DEG 11KT 3932 8947
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SHIMON221
WWUS53 KILX 272358
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
658 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
ILC021-280015-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160428T0015Z/
CHRISTIAN-
658 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY...
AT 658 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORRISONVILLE...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF NOKOMIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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
SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
VANDERVILLE.
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 3935 8953 3938 8953 3944 8936 3941 8916
3934 8931
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 239DEG 13KT 3934 8941
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SHIMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 9:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 6 days |
| Apr 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Richland | 49 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.