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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Dec 1, 2018, 3:04 PM CST for Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 11 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
- Dec 1, 2018, 3:04 PM CST (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2018, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 11 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), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 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
- 809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
637
WFUS53 KILX 012104
TORILX
ILC169-012115-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0018.181201T2104Z-181201T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
304 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2018
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Schuyler County in west central Illinois...
* Until 315 PM CST.
* At 303 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles south of Fandon, or 14 miles northwest of
Rushville, moving northeast at 30 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Schuyler County.
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 9082 4028 9071 4023 9076 4023 9082
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 209DEG 24KT 4026 9078
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SB1 follow-up statement
384
WWUS53 KILX 012111
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
311 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2018
ILC169-012121-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-181201T2115Z/
Schuyler-
311 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 315 PM CST...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CST for west central
Illinois.
LAT...LON 4028 9082 4028 9071 4023 9076 4023 9082
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 209DEG 24KT 4030 9075
$$
SBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 8:09 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt, Vermilion, Woodford | 8 hr |
| Dec 1, 9:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 3 days |
| Dec 1, 12:39 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Stark | 4 hr |
| Dec 1, 2:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 39 min |
| Dec 1, 2:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 41 min |
| Dec 1, 2:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 14 min |
| Dec 1, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Schuyler | 51 min |
| Dec 1, 3:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 43 min |
| Dec 1, 3:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria | 38 min |
| Dec 1, 4:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell | 38 min |
| Dec 1, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 38 min |
| Dec 1, 4:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 51 min |
| Dec 1, 4:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason | 48 min |
| Dec 1, 4:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 37 min |
| Dec 1, 5:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 48 min |
| Dec 1, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 45 min |
| Dec 1, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 30 min |
| Dec 1, 5:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 46 min |
| Dec 1, 5:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 32 min |
| Dec 1, 5:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 44 min |
| Dec 1, 5:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard | 51 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.