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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 19, 1989Crawford County, Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 19, 1989, 4:32 PM CDT for Crawford County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 1989, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1989, 4:55 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford 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

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1989-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 228 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1989-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
228 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 192133
TOREVV
ILC033-192200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
432 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
          ...CRAWFORD
 
AT 425 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT TO BE ON THE GROUND NORTH OF PALESTINE ILLINOIS...ABOUT 55
MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING OVER SOUTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTY TOWARD
THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH TOWARD HUDSONVILLE AND WILL REACH THERE
BY 445 PM CDT.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
ZIMMER

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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.