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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 16, 2019Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2019, 3:34 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 min. 12 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: May 16, 2019, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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
May 16, 3:46 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	1 Wsw Danville, IL
May 16, 3:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Danville, IL	LARGE TREE DOWN ON GARAGE IN THE 1700 BLOCK, WEST OF DANVILLE.
May 16, 3:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Danville, IL	WEST OF DANVILLE. FROM COUNTY EM.
May 16, 3:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Oakwood, IL	MULITPLE REPORTS OF HAIL ALONG I-74
May 16, 3:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Catlin, IL
May 16, 3:58 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Danville, IL
May 16, 4:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Danville, IL
May 16, 4:04 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Tilton, IL	APPROXIMATELY 4 MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE AT THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP DUE TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. RELAYED BY WCIA-TV AND VERMILION COUNTY EMA.
May 16, 4:05 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	2 N Danville, IL
May 16, 4:05 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	Westville, IL	ONE WINDOW DAMAGED.
May 16, 4:06 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Georgetown, IL	GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON US HIGHWAY 150 BETWEEN GEORGETOWN AND WESTVILLE
May 16, 4:06 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Westville, IL

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
May 16, 12:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 85 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: 948 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

533 
WFUS53 KILX 162034
TORILX
ILC183-162100-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0002.190516T2034Z-190516T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
334 PM CDT Thu May 16 2019

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southern Vermilion County in east central Illinois...

* Until 400 PM CDT.
    
* At 334 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Oakwood, or 7 miles west of Danville, moving
  southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball 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...
  Oakwood around 340 PM CDT.
  Danville, Tilton and Catlin around 350 PM CDT.
  Westville and Belgium around 355 PM CDT.
  Georgetown and Ridge Farm around 400 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Collison and Kickapoo State Park.

This includes Interstate 74 between mile markers 205 and 220.
 
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 3988 8757 3987 8757 3987 8761 3988 8762
      3988 8769 4022 8786 4026 8775 4013 8753
      3988 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 329DEG 29KT 4019 8775 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

SB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 2:55 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ILX	Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 3 more	5 hr
May 16, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	60 min
May 16, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	60 min
May 16, 3:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Vermilion	35 min
May 16, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	52 min
May 16, 4:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Vermilion	115 min
May 16, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	15 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.