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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Sep 29, 2019, 2:46 PM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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
- Sep 29, 2019, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2019, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Fulton County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 3:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Smithfield, IL | TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Sep 29, 3:10 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 2 N Lewistown, IL | |
| Sep 29, 3:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | N Lewistown, IL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 363 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
562
WFUS53 KILX 291946
TORILX
ILC057-292015-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0033.190929T1946Z-190929T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
246 PM CDT Sun Sep 29 2019
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Fulton County in west central Illinois...
* Until 315 PM CDT.
* At 246 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Adair, or 13 miles west of Lewistown, moving east
at 30 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...
Ipava around 255 PM CDT.
Cuba around 310 PM CDT.
Lewistown and St. David around 315 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Bryant, Smithfield, Bernadotte and Table Grove.
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 4044 9045 4055 9004 4038 9004 4034 9045
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 259DEG 26KT 4041 9041
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Miller1 follow-up statement
863
WWUS53 KILX 292003
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
303 PM CDT Sun Sep 29 2019
ILC057-292015-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-190929T2015Z/
Fulton-
303 PM CDT Sun Sep 29 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
FULTON COUNTY...
At 300 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Bernadotte, or 7 miles west of Lewistown, moving
east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be from...
Lewistown to Cuba around 315 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4045 9039 4055 9004 4038 9004 4035 9038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 260DEG 25KT 4041 9029
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
MillerThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 10:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Mason, Peoria and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 29, 10:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Brown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler | 21 days |
| Sep 29, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 51 min |
| Sep 29, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Tazewell | 28 min |
| Sep 29, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Tazewell | 43 min |
| Sep 29, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean, Tazewell | 45 min |
| Sep 29, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 50 min |
| Sep 29, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 39 min |
| Sep 29, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 51 min |
| Sep 29, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 45 min |
| Sep 29, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 44 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.