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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Chicago, IL

June 22, 2016Livingston County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2016, 10:03 PM CDT for Livingston County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 min. 9 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: Jun 22, 2016, 10:03 PM CDT (03:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2016, 10:34 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Livingston County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 22, 10:09 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	7 Nw Pontiac, IL
Jun 22, 10:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 68	Pontiac, IL
Jun 22, 10:15 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Nw Pontiac, IL
Jun 22, 10:17 PM CDT	TORNADO	Pontiac, IL	TORNADO NEAR PONTIAC.
Jun 22, 10:20 PM CDT	TORNADO	Pontiac, IL	DAMAGE AT A TRAILER PARK WITH REPORTS OF PEOPLE TRAPPED.
Jun 22, 10:20 PM CDT	TORNADO	Pontiac, IL	DAMAGE AT A TRAILER PARK WITH REPORTS OF PEOPLE TRAPPED. TWO MINOR INJURIES.
Jun 22, 10:20 PM CDT	TORNADO	Pontiac, IL	GAS STATION CANOPY ON TOP OF A SEMI TRUCK. LIGHT POLE DOWN ON I-55 EXIT.
Jun 22, 10:20 PM CDT	TORNADO	Pontiac, IL	GAS STATION CANOPY ON TOP OF A SEMI TRUCK. LIGHT POLE DOWN ON I-55 EXIT. TWO MINOR INJURIES.
Jun 22, 10:24 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Se Pontiac, 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
Jun 22, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 85 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: 2491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.1
Supercell composite: 41.8

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The text

As transmitted.

839 
WFUS53 KLOT 230303
TORLOT
ILC105-230345-
/O.NEW.KLOT.TO.W.0013.160623T0303Z-160623T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1003 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
    
* AT 1003 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FLANAGAN...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  PONTIAC...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 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...
  PONTIAC BETWEEN 1015 PM CDT AND 1020 PM CDT. 

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
 I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND 204.
 
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 4093 8886 4099 8880 4093 8842 4076 8868
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 294DEG 38KT 4094 8877 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

IZZI

4 follow-up statements

460 
WWUS53 KLOT 230312
SVSLOT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1012 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

ILC105-230345-
/O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160623T0345Z/
LIVINGSTON IL-
1012 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LIVINGSTON COUNTY...
    
AT 1011 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF PONTIAC...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 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...
  PONTIAC AROUND 1020 PM CDT. 

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
 I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND 204.
 
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.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4090 8881 4097 8875 4093 8842 4076 8868
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 296DEG 34KT 4091 8872 

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

$$

BMD

842 
WWUS53 KLOT 230316
SVSLOT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1016 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

ILC105-230345-
/O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160623T0345Z/
LIVINGSTON IL-
1016 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LIVINGSTON COUNTY...
    
AT 1015 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER PONTIAC...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 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
CENTRAL LIVINGSTON COUNTY.

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
 I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND 204.
 
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.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4090 8881 4097 8875 4093 8842 4076 8868
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 293DEG 38KT 4089 8866 

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

$$

BMD

623 
WWUS53 KLOT 230326
SVSLOT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1026 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

ILC105-230345-
/O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160623T0345Z/
LIVINGSTON IL-
1026 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LIVINGSTON COUNTY...
    
AT 1025 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PONTIAC...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PONTIAC.

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.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4087 8867 4092 8861 4089 8848 4080 8862
TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 293DEG 33KT 4086 8856 

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

$$

BMD

375 
WWUS53 KLOT 230334
SVSLOT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1034 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

ILC105-230343-
/O.CAN.KLOT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160623T0345Z/
LIVINGSTON IL-
1034 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LIVINGSTON 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 CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
LIVINGSTON COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4087 8867 4092 8861 4089 8848 4080 8862
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 294DEG 38KT 4082 8845 

$$

BMD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Lee	30 min
Jun 22, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LOT	DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee	46 min
Jun 22, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle	39 min
Jun 22, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LOT	LaSalle	46 min
Jun 22, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		87 min
Jun 22, 8:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LOT	DeKalb, LaSalle	56 min
Jun 22, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage	49 min
Jun 22, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle	41 min
Jun 22, 8:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	DeKalb, Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, Will	3 hr
Jun 22, 8:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook, DuPage	3 hr
Jun 22, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage	45 min
Jun 22, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Will	25 min
Jun 22, 8:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle	5 hr
Jun 22, 9:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Grundy, LaSalle	29 min
Jun 22, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle, Livingston	48 min
Jun 22, 9:25 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		35 min
Jun 22, 9:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	LaSalle, Livingston	33 min
Jun 22, 9:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, LaSalle, Livingston	4 hr
Jun 22, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	56 min
Jun 22, 10:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LOT	Livingston	38 min
Jun 22, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	64 min
Jun 22, 10:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Livingston	43 min
Jun 22, 10:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Livingston	39 min
Jun 22, 11:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LOT	Iroquois	39 min
Jun 22, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kankakee, LaSalle, Livingston	31 min
Jun 22, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	52 min
Jun 23, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	43 min
Jun 23, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Iroquois	45 min
Jun 23, 1:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	7 hr
Jun 23, 3:59 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LOT		10 hr
Jun 23, 4:47 AM CDT	Beach Hazards Statement	LOT	Lake	22 hr
Jun 23, 5:05 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall and 6 more	4 hr

Nearby

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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.