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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Oct 17, 1988, 9:21 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 1988, 9:21 AM CDT (14:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 1988, 10:10 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marshall County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Peoria Regional, IL (KPIA), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 1199 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 462 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPIA 171421
TORPIA
ILC143-179-123-203-171530-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
921 AM CDT MON OCT 17 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
NORTHEAST PEORIA...NORTHERN TAZEWELL...SOUTHERN
MARSHALL...SOUTHERN WOODFORD
AT 900 AM CDT SEVERAL REPORTS OF POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS WERE
RELAYED TO THE PEORIA POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE TOUCHDOWNS WERE
NEAR PRINCEVILLE AND NEAR THE NORTHERN CITY LIMITS OF PEORIA.
RADAR SHOWS A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN THIS AREA MOVING EAST
30 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS 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.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
ATTN ISP 6 AND 8
MACHWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 17, 7:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 725 AM CDT MON OCT 17 1988 ...DENSE FOG OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ILLINOIS... AT 7 AM CDT PATCHY AREAS OF DENSE FOG WAS OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 OF A MILE OR LESS IN SOME LOCATIONS. VISIBILITY AT CHAMPAIGN WAS 1/8 OF A MILE...WHILE DANVILLE WAS 1/4 OF A MILE. MOTORISTS AND OTHER INTEREST ARE URGE TO USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW AMPLE TIME FOR TRAVEL. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINURE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND SOME IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED BY MID MORNING. HILLIARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 65 min |
| Oct 17, 10:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 48 min |
| Oct 17, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 56 min |
| Oct 17, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 56 min |
| Oct 17, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough | 49 min |
| Oct 17, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 69 min |
| Oct 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Montgomery | 59 min |
| Oct 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.