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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1990, 9:01 PM CDT for Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1990, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1990, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Woodford 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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 416 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPIA 140201
TORPIA
ILC203-140230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
901 PM CDT WED JUN 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN WOODFORD
AT 857 PM CDT A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED 3 MILES WEST OF
EUREKA...22 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF PEORIA. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE EUREKA...SECOR AND EL PASO.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER
IF AVAILABLE...OTHERWISE TO A CENTRA!L INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
ATTN ISP DIST...8
MILLERWhat 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, Jun 13, 4:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
ILZ006-132300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 450 PM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1100 PM... AT 445 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WEST OF LINE FROM QUINCY TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOLINE. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHEAST IOWA TO EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE IOWA-MISSOURI BORDER BETWEEN OTTUMWA IOWA AND KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
ILZ006-132300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 545 PM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1100 PM... AT 545 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEAST IOWA NEAR BURLINGTON TO NORTHERN MISSOURI NEAR KIRKSVILLE. ALSO AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF PEORIA. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. PEOPILE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 650 PM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1100 PM... AT 645 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES EAST OF BURLINGTON TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN SOUTHWEST HANCOCK COUNTY. ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEORIA TO 50 MILES EAST OF QUINCY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN WESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY AND IN WESTERN WARREN COUNTY NEAR MONMOUTH...30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BURLINGTON. PEA SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
ILZ009-010-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 655PM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1100PM TONIGHT... AT 655PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST OF PEORIA...TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...TO 10 MILES NORTH OF QUINCY. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA WAS 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR HAVANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN LOGAN AND WESTERN DEWITT COUNTIES BY 800PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL... GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE WARNING. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WAGNER ATTN ISP DISTS...6...9...10...
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
ILZ009-010-140200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 800PM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1100PM TONIGHT... AT 755PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...TO 25 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD ...TO QUINCY. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS WERE 30 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD IN MASON COUNTY...30 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY IN SCHUYLER COUNTY...AND 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA. THE STORM IN MASON COUNTY MAY PASS THROUGH NORTHWEST LOGAN COUNTY BY 830PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL... GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE WARNING. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WAGNER ATTN ISP DISTS...6...9...10...
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 8:34 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
ILZ009-010-140230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 830PM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1100PM TONIGHT... AT 830PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR BLOOMINGTON...TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...TO JUST NORTHWEST OF JACKSONVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...NEAR PETERSBURG. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL... GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE WARNING. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WAGNER ATTN ISP DISTS...6...9...10...
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, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell, Woodford | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Woodford | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.