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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1988, 6:24 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 66 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1988, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1988, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Christian County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Macon County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Macon, IL | |
| May 8, 6:51 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | De Witt, IL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Peoria Regional, IL (KPIA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1404 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSPI 082324
TORSPI
ILC021-039-115-173-090030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
624 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
CHRISTIAN...DE-WITT...MACON...WESTERN SHELBY
AT 615 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR BUFFALO IN EASTERN
SANAGAMON COUNTY...20 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD. THECITY.)
TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST.
AT 617 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS...NEAR ROCHESTER. THE TORNADO WAS
MOVING NORTHEAAST./
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER
IF AVAILABLE...OTHERWISE TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
ATTN ISP DIST...6 AND 9 AND 109
HUGHESNAMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Hancock, Henderson | 37 min |
| May 8, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Warren | 23 min |
| May 8, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Carroll, Ogle | 32 min |
| May 8, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 58 min |
| May 8, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 63 min |
| May 8, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stephenson | 40 min |
| May 8, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lee, Ogle | 39 min |
| May 8, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 38 min |
| May 8, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Ogle, Winnebago | 33 min |
| May 8, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Menard | 29 min |
| May 8, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 58 min |
| May 8, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan | 39 min |
| May 8, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeKalb, Lee | 54 min |
| May 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 64 min |
| May 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 64 min |
| May 8, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 25 min |
| May 8, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Montgomery | 33 min |
| May 8, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Boone, Winnebago | 44 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.