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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 2018, 4:39 PM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 16, 2018, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2018, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Fulton County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 5:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | N Lewistown, IL | FUNNEL SIGHTED, REPEATEDLY LOWERING TOWARD GROUND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 548 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
291
WFUS53 KILX 162139
TORILX
ILC057-162215-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0012.180816T2139Z-180816T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
439 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2018
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Fulton County in west central Illinois...
* Until 515 PM CDT.
* At 439 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Cuba, or 7 miles northwest of Lewistown, moving
southeast at 15 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...
Cuba around 450 PM CDT.
Lewistown around 505 PM CDT.
St. David around 510 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Bryant, Smithfield, Liverpool, Little America and Dunfermline.
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 4054 9028 4048 8994 4038 9001 4037 9004
4035 9005 4034 9005 4032 9006 4043 9034
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 293DEG 15KT 4047 9025
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
Auten2 follow-up statements
094
WWUS53 KILX 162202
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
502 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2018
ILC057-162215-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-180816T2215Z/
Fulton-
502 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
FULTON COUNTY...
At 501 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Lewistown, moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported a funnel cloud with strong
rotation north of Lewistown.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Fulton County, including the following locations... Bryant,
Liverpool and Little America.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4050 9018 4044 8997 4038 9001 4037 9004
4035 9005 4034 9005 4032 9006 4040 9023
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 299DEG 15KT 4041 9014
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
Auten139
WWUS53 KILX 162213
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
513 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2018
ILC057-162223-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-180816T2215Z/
Fulton-
513 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 515
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.
LAT...LON 4050 9018 4044 8997 4038 9001 4037 9004
4035 9005 4034 9005 4032 9006 4040 9023
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 293DEG 15KT 4039 9009
$$
AutenThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 3:20 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Menard and 5 more | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.