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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 8, 1990Fulton County, Mason County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 1990, 4:22 PM CST for Fulton County, Mason County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 1990, 4:22 PM CST (22:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 1990, 5:15 PM CST
In force
53 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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 082222
TORPIA
ILC057-125-082315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
422 PM CST THU MAR 8 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 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 418 PM STATE POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 2 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF VERMONT IN SOUTHWEST FULTON COUNTY...WHICH IS 30
SOUTHWEST OF CANTON.

THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF STORM ARE SUMMUM AND ENIN IN SOUTHERN FULTON
AND HAVANA IN WESTERN MASON COUNTY.

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  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, 4:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Mason43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.