Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2019, 8:16 PM CDT for Marshall County, Illinois. It was in force for 14 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
- May 8, 2019, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2019, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Marshall County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
988
WFUS53 KILX 090116
TORILX
ILC123-090130-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0001.190509T0116Z-190509T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
816 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2019
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Marshall County in central Illinois...
* Until 830 PM CDT.
* At 815 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Magnolia, or 12 miles southeast of
Hennepin, moving northeast at 55 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Marshall 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 4104 8918 4106 8926 4110 8924 4110 8911
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 204DEG 49KT 4111 8918
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
Geelhart1 follow-up statement
401
WWUS53 KILX 090126
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
826 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2019
ILC123-090136-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-190509T0130Z/
Marshall-
826 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 830 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Lincoln.
LAT...LON 4104 8918 4106 8926 4110 8924 4110 8911
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 204DEG 49KT 4123 8911
$$
GeelhartNearby
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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.