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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1988, 5:21 PM CDT for Lee County, Ogle County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1988, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1988, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lee County, IL, Ogle 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What 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, May 8, 1:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 145 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. AT 140 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM MOLINE ILLINOIS SOUTH TO QUINCY. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REVIEW SAFETY PRECAUTIONS NOW...THIS WILL SAVE TIME SHOULD TORNADOES SUDDENLY APPEAR. J LAST
Special weather statement, May 8, 2:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 200 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 1988 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS... A TORNADO HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 900 PM CDT THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 155 PM CDT RADAR INIDICATED THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ILLINOIS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MACOMB ILLINOIS NORTH TO THE QUAD CITIES AREA AND NORTHWARD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERRE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN AND DANVILLE ILLINOIS SOUTHWARD TO MATTOON AND CHARLESTON ILLINOIS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 25 MILE AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM ANY OF THESE STORMS IN ILLINOIS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AND ADVISE YOU OF ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS. KEEP TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TV STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND PRECAUTIONS. THIS WILL SAVE PRECIOUS TIME SHOULD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OR TORNADOES DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. HUGHES
Special weather statement, May 8, 2:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 200 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 1988 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 900 PM CDT THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 155 PM CDT RADAR INIDICATED THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ILLINOIS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MACOMB ILLINOIS NORTH TO THE QUAD CITIES AREA AND NORTHWARD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERRE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN AND DANVILLE ILLINOIS SOUTHWARD TO MATTOON AND CHARLESTON ILLINOIS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 25 MILE AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM ANY OF THESE STORMS IN ILLINOIS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AND ADVISE YOU OF ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS. KEEP TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TV STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND PRECAUTIONS. THIS WILL SAVE PRECIOUS TIME SHOULD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OR TORNADOES DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. HUGHES
Special weather statement, May 8, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 255 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. AT 250 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A RAINSHOWER NEAR MOLINE ILLINOIS. A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDER/ STORMS WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST IOWA. A SECOND AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS AREA WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. J LAST
The 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, 5:22 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 |
| May 8, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, DeWitt, Macon, Shelby | 66 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.