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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2024, 7:37 PM CDT for Clay County, Illinois. It was in force for 12 min. 4 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
- May 26, 2024, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2024, 7:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Clay County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Xenia, IL | A machine shed was damaged and a few trees were blown down in Songer Township north of Xenia. |
| May 26, 7:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Xenia, IL | Hog barn leveled and several power poles leaning or broken. Debris from the barn was entangled in the power lines. |
| May 26, 7:48 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 W Louisville, IL | |
| May 26, 7:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Louisville, IL | Trees down and car port damaged. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1023 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1329 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
974
WFUS53 KILX 270037
TORILX
ILC025-270100-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0021.240527T0037Z-240527T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
737 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Clay County in south central Illinois...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 737 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Stephen Forbes Station, or 10 miles west of Flora,
moving east at 40 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...
Louisville around 745 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 3865 8870 3877 8870 3881 8848 3870 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 265DEG 36KT 3871 8866
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MJA1 follow-up statement
441 WWUS53 KILX 270049 SVSILX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Lincoln IL 749 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024 ILC025-270058- /O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240527T0100Z/ Clay- 749 PM CDT Sun May 26 2024 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The Tornado Warning that was previously in effect has been reissued for Clay County and is in effect until 815 PM CDT. Please refer to that bulletin for the latest severe weather information. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for south central Illinois. && LAT...LON 3865 8870 3877 8870 3881 8848 3870 8841 TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 265DEG 36KT 3872 8851 $$ MJA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 33 min |
| May 26, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 29 min |
| May 26, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 26 min |
| May 26, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Jasper, Richland | 45 min |
| May 26, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence | 39 min |
| May 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 30 min |
| May 27, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 26 min |
| May 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Peoria | 20 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.