Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2017, 5:50 PM CDT for Macon County, Moultrie County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 25 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 29, 2017, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2017, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Macon County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 568 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
852
WFUS53 KILX 292250
TORILX
ILC115-139-173-292315-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0013.170429T2250Z-170429T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
550 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Moultrie County in central Illinois...
North central Shelby County in central Illinois...
Southern Macon County in central Illinois...
* Until 615 PM CDT
* At 549 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Westervelt, or 11 miles north of Shelbyville,
moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported funnel cloud.
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...
Findlay around 555 PM CDT.
Bethany around 600 PM CDT.
Sullivan around 605 PM CDT.
Lovington and Allenville around 610 PM CDT.
Arthur around 615 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Cadwell and Kirksville.
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 3944 8891 3961 8901 3979 8859 3979 8847
3956 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 245DEG 43KT 3956 8887
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
372 follow-up statements
636
WWUS53 KILX 292306
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
606 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017
ILC115-173-292316-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170429T2315Z/
Shelby-Macon-
606 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SHELBY AND SOUTHERN MACON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
central and east central Illinois.
LAT...LON 3951 8864 3952 8864 3952 8872 3958 8872
3958 8881 3970 8881 3979 8859 3979 8847
3956 8848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 245DEG 43KT 3965 8863
$$
ILC139-292315-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170429T2315Z/
Moultrie-
606 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR MOULTRIE
COUNTY...
At 606 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Sullivan, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported a funnel cloud.
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...
Arthur around 615 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Cadwell and Kirksville.
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 3951 8864 3952 8864 3952 8872 3958 8872
3958 8881 3970 8881 3979 8859 3979 8847
3956 8848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 245DEG 43KT 3965 8863
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
37785
WWUS53 KILX 292318
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
618 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017
ILC139-292328-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170429T2315Z/
Moultrie-
618 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MOULTRIE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been allowed to expire.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
central and east central Illinois.
LAT...LON 3951 8864 3952 8864 3952 8872 3958 8872
3958 8881 3970 8881 3979 8859 3979 8847
3956 8848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 245DEG 43KT 3970 8848
$$
37The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 6:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 5:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Menard, Schuyler | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt and 11 more | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 6:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Macon, Moultrie and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Piatt, Vermilion | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 6:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Lawrence, Richland | 3 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.