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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 8, 1990Fulton County, Mason County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1990, 4:02 PM CST for Fulton County, Mason County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 1990, 4:02 PM CST (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 1990, 4:45 PM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fulton County, IL, Mason County, IL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 8, 4:05 PM CSTTornado F2Fulton, IL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 384 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 1990-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1990-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 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 KPIA 082202
SVRPIA
ILC057-125-082245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
402 PM CST THU MAR 8 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      SOUTHERN FULTON...

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      WESTERN MASON...

AT 355 PM CST A SPOTTER REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES WEST
OF VERMONT WHICH IS 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANTON IN FULTON COUNTY.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

ATTN ISP DIST 14 AND 9

NADOLSKI

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 3:24 PM CSTTornado WarningILXMcDonough, Schuyler51 min
Mar 8, 4:22 PM CSTTornado WarningILXFulton, Mason53 min
Mar 8, 5:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, McDonough32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.