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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 13, 1990McLean County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1990, 9:09 PM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1990, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1990, 9:35 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County McLean 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 381 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-14Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 140209
TORPIA
ILC113-140245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      CENTRAL AND EASTERN MCLEAN

AT 903 PM CDT SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO JUST NORTH OF
BLOOMINGTON. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35
MILES AN HOUR.

TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...TOWANDA...LEXINGTON
AND PLEASANT HILL.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER
IF AVAILABLE...OTHERWISE TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE 0LOWEST
FLOOR.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.

ATTN ISP DIST...6

MILLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, McDonough68 min
Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcDonough, Schuyler30 min
Jun 13, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Peoria, Tazewell20 min
Jun 13, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason34 min
Jun 13, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell, Woodford26 min
Jun 13, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria, Woodford42 min
Jun 13, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford29 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.