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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2019, 9:28 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 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 22, 2019, 9:28 PM CDT (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Schuyler County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 22, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1412 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
126
WFUS53 KILX 230228
TORILX
ILC169-230300-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0005.190523T0228Z-190523T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
928 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Schuyler County in west central Illinois...
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 928 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Mount Sterling, or 13 miles west of Rushville,
moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong 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...
Rushville around 950 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Camden, Ripley and Frederick.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4027 9051 4007 9042 4002 9044 3999 9060
4002 9062 4003 9061 4002 9063 4005 9068
4008 9067 4008 9070 4010 9070 4011 9071
4011 9091 4012 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 254DEG 34KT 4005 9081
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
371 follow-up statement
295
WWUS53 KILX 230239
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
939 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019
ILC169-230300-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-190523T0300Z/
Schuyler-
939 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
SCHUYLER COUNTY...
At 939 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Rushville, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Rushville around 950 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Ripley
and Frederick.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4027 9051 4007 9042 4002 9044 3999 9060
4002 9062 4003 9061 4002 9063 4005 9068
4008 9067 4008 9070 4010 9070 4011 9071
4015 9074
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 254DEG 34KT 4008 9068
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
37The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:17 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 4 days |
| May 22, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 40 min |
| May 22, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 17 min |
| May 22, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 49 min |
| May 22, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 27 min |
| May 22, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 34 min |
| May 22, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 32 min |
| May 22, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 26 min |
| May 22, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 24 min |
| May 22, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Logan, Mason, Tazewell | 47 min |
| May 22, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell | 42 min |
| May 22, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 41 min |
| May 22, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 50 min |
| May 22, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 48 min |
| May 22, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 26 min |
| May 22, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 49 min |
| May 23, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 30 min |
| May 23, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Mason, Menard and 2 more | 39 min |
| May 23, 12:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 20 min |
| May 23, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Sangamon, Shelby | 46 min |
| May 23, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 45 min |
| May 23, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Macon, Piatt | 47 min |
| May 23, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 50 min |
| May 23, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 52 min |
| May 23, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and 1 more | 46 min |
| May 23, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland, Edgar | 44 min |
| May 23, 3:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby | 6 hr |
| May 23, 4:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 28 min |
| May 23, 4:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Effingham, Jasper | 5 hr |
| May 23, 7:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay, Richland | 43 min |
| May 23, 8:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 34 min |
| May 23, 8:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 6 hr |
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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.