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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 13, 1990Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1990, 8:19 PM CDT for Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 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: Jun 13, 1990, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 1990, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Tazewell County, IL, Woodford 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 13, 8:50 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Woodford, 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 402 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 140119
TORPIA
ILC179-203-140145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
819 PM CDT WED JUN 13 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      NORTHERN TAZEWELL...SOUTHERN WOODFORD

AT 813 PM CDT SPOTTERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHERN
TAZEWELL COUNTY NEAR MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PEORIA. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WASHINGTON...COOPER AND
EUREKA.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS 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...8

MILLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, McDonough	68 min
Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McDonough, Schuyler	30 min
Jun 13, 7:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell	20 min
Jun 13, 8:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Mason	34 min
Jun 13, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria, Woodford	42 min
Jun 13, 9:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Woodford	29 min
Jun 13, 9:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean	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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.