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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2023, 6:34 PM CDT for DeWitt County, Logan County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 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
- Mar 31, 2023, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties DeWitt County, IL, Logan County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 6:38 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Ssw Mount Pulaski, IL | HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTING THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON SCENE OF DAMAGE NEAR 6 MILES SSW OF MT. PULASKI. 2 SHEDS, 2 GRAIN BINS DAMAGED. ADJACENT HOME HAS BROKEN WINDOWS. |
| Mar 31, 6:47 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Latham, IL | |
| Mar 31, 6:47 PM CDT | TORNADO | Latham, IL | ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN LATHAM. |
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 48 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.
864
WFUS53 KILX 312334
TORILX
ILC039-107-010000-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0021.230331T2334Z-230401T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
634 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2023
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Logan County in central Illinois...
Southwestern De Witt County in central Illinois...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 634 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located over mainly rural
areas of Logan county south of Mount Pulaski, moving northeast at
50 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
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.
* The tornado will be near...
Latham and Chestnut around 645 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include
Kenney.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 4017 8903 4005 8895 4005 8914 3992 8915
3992 8936 3993 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 241DEG 42KT 3993 8933
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
37The 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, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 27 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, 6:38 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.