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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2026, 5:29 PM CDT for Mason County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 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
- Apr 3, 2026, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Mason County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 1023 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
763
WFUS53 KILX 032229
TORILX
ILC125-179-032300-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0039.260403T2229Z-260403T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
529 PM CDT Fri Apr 3 2026
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Tazewell County in central Illinois...
Northeastern Mason County in central Illinois...
* Until 600 PM CDT.
* At 528 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Green Valley, or 12 miles south of Pekin, moving
northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. At 5:27 pm a trained weather
spotter reported a funnel cloud over Manito.
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...
South Pekin and Green Valley around 535 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 4038 8947 4031 8972 4043 8983 4057 8966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 234DEG 17KT 4040 8971
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
MJA1 follow-up statement
580
WWUS53 KILX 032243
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
543 PM CDT Fri Apr 3 2026
ILC125-179-032300-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-260403T2300Z/
Tazewell-Mason-
543 PM CDT Fri Apr 3 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL TAZEWELL AND NORTHEASTERN MASON COUNTIES...
At 543 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Green Valley, or 8 miles south of Pekin, moving
northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
South Pekin around 550 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Powerton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4038 8947 4032 8968 4050 8974 4057 8966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 234DEG 17KT 4044 8963
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
MJAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, McLean | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 14 min |
| Apr 3, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Tazewell | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Schuyler | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Tazewell | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.