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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1989, 1:54 AM CDT for Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1989, 1:54 AM CDT (06:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1989, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sangamon 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSPI 250654
TORSPI
ILC167-250730-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
154 AM CDT THU MAY 25 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN SANGAMON
AT 1:45AM THE SANGAMON COUNTY ESDA REPORTED A TORNADO IN THE
SOUTHEAST PART OF SPRINGFIELD MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST.
INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS TORNADO.
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.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
ATTN ISP DIST...
9What 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 24, 10:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1020 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989 ..TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 400 AM... AT 1015 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN WISCONSIN SOUTHWEST TO NORTHERN MISSOURI. TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN IOWA AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR...AND THE PEORIA AREA AFTER 100 AM. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA...BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. J LAST
Special weather statement, May 25, 1:05 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1255 AM CDT THU MAY 25 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR HENDERSON...WARREN...KNOX...HANCOCK...AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES... ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVTY WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHENOA IN EXTREME NORTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY. OTHER HEAVY ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM NEAR TOLUCA...30 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEORIA IN EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY TO NEAR KILBOURNE...45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA IN SOUTHERN IMASON COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THESE AREAS...BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. MILLER
Special weather statement, May 25, 1:50 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 150 AM CDT THU MAY 25 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR BUREAU...PUTNAM...PEORIA...FULTON... SCHUYLER...MARSHALL AND MASON COUNTIES... ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR MOST TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MCLEAN COUNTY UNTIL 600 AM CDT... AT 145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM CHICAGO TO EAST OF PEORIA THEN TO SPRINGFIELD TO NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR SPRINGFIELD...WITH STRONGER STORMS BETWEEN HERMAN MISSOURI AND JACKS|ONVILLE ILLINOIS. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. NADOLSKI
Special weather statement, May 25, 1:53 AM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL...CORRECTED... 150 AM CDT THU MAY 25 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR BUREAU...PUTNAM...PEORIA...FULTON... SCHUYLER...MARSHALL AND MASON COUNTIES... ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR MOST TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MCLEAN COUNTY UNTIL 600 AM CDT... AT 145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM CHICAGO TO EAST OF PEORIA THEN TO SPRINGFIELD TO NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR SPRINGFIELD...WITH STRONGER STORMS BETWEEN HERMAN MISSOURI AND JACKSONVILLE ILLINOIS. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. ...CORRECTED FOR TIME OF IN BODY OF MESSAGE... NADOLSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Warren | 35 min |
| May 25, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Sangamon | 30 min |
| May 25, 2:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 37 min |
| May 25, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Piatt | 34 min |
| May 25, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 67 min |
| May 25, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Morgan | 42 min |
| May 25, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Montgomery, Sangamon | 64 min |
| May 25, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 63 min |
| May 25, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 61 min |
| May 25, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 30 min |
| May 25, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 26 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.