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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Lincoln, IL

December 1, 2018Christian County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Dec 1, 2018, 5:15 PM CST for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 min. 5 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: Dec 1, 2018, 5:15 PM CST (23:15 UTC)
Expired: Dec 1, 2018, 5:45 PM CST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Emergency: Tornado emergency
Tornado: Observed
Damage threat: Catastrophic
Hail: 1.0 in

County Christian County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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
Dec 1, 5:21 PM CST	TORNADO	Taylorville, IL	MULTIPLE POWER FLASHES REPORTED.
Dec 1, 5:28 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	Stonington, IL
Dec 1, 5:30 PM CST	HAIL 1	Stonington, IL
Dec 1, 5:35 PM CST	TORNADO 2	1 Sw Stonington, IL	PATH LENGTH 8.9 MILES, MAX WIDTH 400 YARDS, PEAK WIND SPEED 115 MPH. WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 18 MINUTES, AND LIFTED 6 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT AUBURN.
Dec 1, 5:35 PM CST	TORNADO	Stonington, IL	SEMI BLOWN OVER. WITH NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINE REPORTED DOWN. TREES ALSO REPORTED SNAPPED.

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
Dec 1, 2:16 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 430 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 529 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 658 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

799 
WFUS53 KILX 012315
TORILX
ILC021-012345-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0028.181201T2315Z-181201T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
515 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2018

...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR TAYLORVILLE...

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Christian County in central Illinois...

* Until 545 PM CST.
    
* At 514 PM CST, a confirmed large and destructive tornado was
  observed near Taylorville, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  TORNADO EMERGENCY for Taylorville. This is a PARTICULARLY 
  DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

  HAZARD...Deadly tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.

  IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris 
           may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile 
           homes will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes, 
           businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete 
           destruction is possible.

* The tornado will be near...
  Taylorville around 525 PM CST.
  Stonington around 540 PM CST.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Willeys, Taylorville Airport and Sharpsburg.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a large, extremely dangerous and potentially deadly
tornado is on the ground. To protect your life, TAKE COVER NOW! Move
to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid
windows. If in a mobile home, a vehicle or outdoors.. Move to the
closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3944 8932 3950 8944 3974 8926 3967 8914
      3966 8914 3966 8910 3964 8907
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 212DEG 27KT 3950 8934 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

Auten

1 follow-up statement

013 
WWUS53 KILX 012335
SVSILX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
535 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2018

ILC021-012345-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-181201T2345Z/
Christian-
535 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2018

...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR STONINGTON...

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
CHRISTIAN COUNTY...
        
At 534 PM CST, a confirmed large and destructive tornado was located
over Stonington, or 8 miles north of Taylorville, moving northeast at
35 mph.

TORNADO EMERGENCY for Stonginton. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS 
SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

HAZARD...Deadly tornado.

SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.

IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris may 
         be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes 
         will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes, 
         businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction 
         is possible.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Christian County, including the following locations...
Willeys.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a large, extremely dangerous, and potentially deadly
tornado is on the ground. To protect your life, TAKE COVER NOW! Move
to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid
windows. If in a mobile home, a vehicle or outdoors, move to the
closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3956 8920 3962 8934 3974 8926 3967 8914
      3966 8914 3966 8910 3964 8907
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 214DEG 28KT 3963 8922 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

Auten

The 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, 3:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Schuyler	11 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, 5:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria	46 min
Dec 1, 5:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.