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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2018, 1:56 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 34 min. 6 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
- Jun 10, 2018, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2018, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, McLean County, IL, Piatt County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mansfield, IL | NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN. |
| Jun 10, 2:07 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Farmer City, IL | REPORT OF TREE DOWN ON POWER LINES AND A HOUSE. |
| Jun 10, 2:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Mahomet, IL | |
| Jun 10, 2:16 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Sw Champaign, IL | SURVEY DETERMINED AN EF0 TORNADO DEVELOPED NEAR COPPER RIDGE ROAD, ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF CHAMPAIGN. THE TORNADO DAMAGED ROOFS, A SHED, FENCING AND TREES. IT DISSIPATED AFTER 0.1 OF A MILE. |
| Jun 10, 2:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Thomasboro, IL | LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN |
| Jun 10, 2:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Champaign, IL | REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED. AS WELL AS SOME DAMAGE TO HOUSES. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 11 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
- 585 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted.
239
WFUS53 KILX 101856
TORILX
ILC019-039-113-147-101930-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0004.180610T1856Z-180610T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
156 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Piatt County in central Illinois...
Northeastern De Witt County in central Illinois...
Southeastern McLean County in central Illinois...
Northwestern Champaign County in east central Illinois...
* Until 230 PM CDT
* At 156 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Farmer City, or 16 miles southwest of Gibson City,
moving southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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...
Mansfield around 205 PM CDT.
Mahomet around 210 PM CDT.
Bondville, Lake Of The Woods and Seymour around 215 PM CDT.
Champaign around 220 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Galesville.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 57 between mile markers 234 and 247.
Interstate 72 between mile markers 171 and 182.
Interstate 74 between mile markers 158 and 180.
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 4024 8868 4033 8857 4027 8814 3999 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 302DEG 37KT 4027 8856
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
251 follow-up statement
147
WWUS53 KILX 101921
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
221 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018
ILC019-039-113-147-101930-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180610T1930Z/
Piatt-De Witt-McLean-Champaign-
221 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PIATT...NORTHEASTERN DE
WITT...SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN AND NORTHWESTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 230 PM CDT...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for portions of Champaign
and Piatt counties.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
central and east central Illinois.
LAT...LON 4024 8868 4033 8857 4027 8814 3999 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 302DEG 37KT 4014 8829
$$
25The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Marshall, Tazewell, Woodford | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Logan | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Logan, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell | 27 min |
| Jun 10, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard, Tazewell | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 1:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham, Shelby | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt, Vermilion | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 52 min |
| Jun 10, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 3:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham, Shelby | 20 min |
| Jun 10, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 42 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.