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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Oct 14, 2017, 6:33 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 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
- Oct 14, 2017, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Schuyler County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
839
WFUS53 KILX 142333
TORILX
ILC169-150000-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0022.171014T2333Z-171015T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
633 PM CDT SAT OCT 14 2017
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Schuyler County in west central Illinois...
* Until 700 PM CDT
* At 632 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Augusta, or 15 miles southeast of Carthage, moving
east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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...
Littleton around 650 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Huntsville, Ray and Weinberg King State Park.
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 4028 9066 4028 9047 4027 9046 4018 9046
4018 9091 4029 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 255DEG 47KT 4025 9094
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
072 follow-up statements
841
WWUS53 KILX 142346
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
646 PM CDT SAT OCT 14 2017
ILC169-150000-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-171015T0000Z/
Schuyler-
646 PM CDT SAT OCT 14 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY...
At 646 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Fandon, or 13 miles south of Macomb, moving east at
50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Littleton around 650 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Huntsville, Ray and Weinberg King State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4028 9066 4028 9047 4027 9046 4018 9046
4018 9091 4029 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 255DEG 45KT 4028 9075
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
07973
WWUS53 KILX 142352
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
652 PM CDT SAT OCT 14 2017
ILC169-150002-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-171015T0000Z/
Schuyler-
652 PM CDT SAT OCT 14 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 700 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for west central
Illinois.
LAT...LON 4028 9066 4028 9047 4027 9046 4018 9046
4018 9091 4029 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 255DEG 46KT 4027 9073
$$
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 45 min |
| Oct 14, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Stark | 47 min |
| Oct 14, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 51 min |
| Oct 14, 6:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox | 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.