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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2023, 2:48 PM CDT for Peoria County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 min. 19 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
- Mar 31, 2023, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2023, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:49 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Bellevue, IL | . |
| Mar 31, 2:49 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Bellevue, IL | |
| Mar 31, 2:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw West Peoria, IL | DELAYED REPORT. GAS STATION CANOPY COLLAPSED ON HARMON HWY. |
| Mar 31, 2:52 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Sse West Peoria, IL | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). |
| Mar 31, 2:52 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 E West Peoria, IL | |
| Mar 31, 2:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Mapleton, IL | DELAYED REPORT. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 2:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 E Peoria Intl Airport, IL | |
| Mar 31, 2:56 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 E West Peoria, IL | . |
| Mar 31, 2:56 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 E West Peoria, IL | |
| Mar 31, 3:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Peoria Heights, IL | . |
| Mar 31, 3:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Peoria Heights, IL | |
| Mar 31, 3:07 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Nw Washington, IL | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). |
| Mar 31, 3:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Metamora, IL | . |
| Mar 31, 3:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Metamora, IL | |
| Mar 31, 3:13 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Bartonville, IL | . |
| Mar 31, 3:13 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Bartonville, IL | |
| Mar 31, 3:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Peoria Heights, IL | . |
| Mar 31, 3:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Peoria Heights, IL | |
| Mar 31, 3:23 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 N Eureka, IL | REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.). |
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 31, 11:46 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 646 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 712 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
792
WFUS53 KILX 311948
TORILX
ILC143-179-203-312015-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0013.230331T1948Z-230331T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
248 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2023
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Western Woodford County in central Illinois...
Northeastern Tazewell County in central Illinois...
Southeastern Peoria County in central Illinois...
* Until 315 PM CDT.
* At 248 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Glasford, or near Pekin, moving northeast at 60
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
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...
Creve Coeur and Marquette Heights around 255 PM CDT.
Peoria, Morton and West Peoria around 300 PM CDT.
East Peoria, Washington, Germantown Hills and Bay View Gardens
around 305 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include
Rome, Spring Bay and Metamora.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 474 between mile markers 1 and 14.
Interstate 74 between mile markers 87 and 103.
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4071 8921 4053 8969 4062 8981 4092 8946
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 230DEG 51KT 4060 8973
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
MJA1 follow-up statement
012
WWUS53 KILX 312002
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
302 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2023
ILC143-179-203-312015-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-230331T2015Z/
Woodford-Tazewell-Peoria-
302 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2023
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
WOODFORD...NORTHEASTERN TAZEWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN PEORIA COUNTIES...
At 301 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near East Peoria, or near Peoria, moving northeast at 60
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Trained spotter reported golf ball size hail in Peoria
Heights at 3:00 PM CDT.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Washington, Germantown Hills, Spring Bay and Bay View Gardens
around 305 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include
Metamora.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 474 between mile markers 6 and 14.
Interstate 74 between mile markers 91 and 102.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4071 8921 4055 8964 4065 8968 4092 8946
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 230DEG 51KT 4073 8953
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
MJAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 16 min |
| Mar 31, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 18 min |
| Mar 31, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Stark | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 19 min |
| Mar 31, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stark | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Schuyler | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Menard, Schuyler | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Logan, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon and 2 more | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Stark | 58 min |
| Mar 31, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard, Sangamon, Tazewell and 1 more | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Tazewell, Woodford | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Stark | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon, Piatt | 32 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.