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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 19, 1989Edgar County, Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 1989, 7:47 PM CDT for Edgar County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 1989, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1989, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Edgar County, IL, Vermilion 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peoria Regional, IL at 00:00Z on 1989-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peoria Regional, IL at 00:00Z on 1989-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 200047
TORSPI
ILC183-045-200115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
747 PM CDT WED JUL 19 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      EASTERN VERMILION...EASTERN EDGAR

AT 742PM CDT...ILLINOIS STATE POLICE DISTRICT 10 RELAYED REPORTS
OF FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR LAKE VERMILION...NEAR DANVILLE...AND JUST
WEST OF PARIS IN EDGAR COUNTY...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE
INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

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.

 ATTN ISP DIST...10
 WAGNER

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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.