Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2020
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2020, 5:08 PM CDT for Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 28, 2020, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2020, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Knox County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 5:38 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 W Oneida, IL | CONE FUNNEL WITH RAPID ROTATION. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KILX 282208
TORILX
ILC095-282245-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0001.200328T2208Z-200328T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
508 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Knox County in west central Illinois...
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 508 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles east of Monmouth, moving northeast at 50 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...
Galesburg and Knoxville around 520 PM CDT.
Wataga and Rio around 530 PM CDT.
Oneida around 535 PM CDT.
Altona around 540 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Snake
Den Hollow, Galesburg Airport, Henderson and East Galesburg.
This includes Interstate 74 between mile markers 35 and 52.
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 4115 8998 4106 8998 4083 9044 4115 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 223DEG 42KT 4088 9051
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
253 follow-up statements
787
WWUS53 KILX 282218
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
518 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020
ILC095-282245-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200328T2245Z/
Knox-
518 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
KNOX COUNTY...
At 517 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Galesburg, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Wataga and Rio around 525 PM CDT.
Oneida around 530 PM CDT.
Altona around 535 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Galesburg Airport, Henderson and East Galesburg.
This includes Interstate 74 between mile markers 35 and 49.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4114 8998 4106 8998 4103 9005 4089 9044
4114 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 219DEG 49KT 4096 9042
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
25941
WWUS53 KILX 282228
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
528 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020
ILC095-282245-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200328T2245Z/
Knox-
528 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
KNOX COUNTY...
At 527 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Wataga, or near Galesburg, moving northeast at 45
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...
Oneida around 535 PM CDT.
Altona and Victoria around 540 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Henderson.
This includes Interstate 74 between mile markers 38 and 47.
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 4114 8998 4106 8998 4103 9005 4095 9037
4107 9039 4114 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 226DEG 37KT 4102 9032
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
25672
WWUS53 KILX 282244
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
544 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020
ILC095-282254-
/O.EXP.KILX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200328T2245Z/
Knox-
544 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM
CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for north central
and west central Illinois.
LAT...LON 4114 8998 4106 8998 4103 9005 4095 9037
4107 9039 4114 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 223DEG 42KT 4116 9015
$$
25The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 12:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 10:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 19 min |
| Mar 28, 3:21 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland and 24 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 25 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.