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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 1990, 9:09 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 16 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1990, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1990, 9:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery 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 250 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
- 2001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSPI 230209
TORSPI
ILC135-230245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
909 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 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
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY
AT 905 PM CDT STATE POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF
HILLSBORO...WHICH IS 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE
TORNADO WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. SOME
CITIES THAT SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION ARE TAYLOR SPRINGS...COFFEEN
AND CHAPMAN.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A 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.
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING.
ATTN ISP DIST...18
FSWhat 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 22, 4:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 445 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 445 PM CDT THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON RADAR REPORTS INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES APER HOUR. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL FULTON COOUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH TAZEWELL COUNTY AND NORTHERN MASON COUNTY BETWEEN 445PM AND 530 PM. ARMBRUST
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-222350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 540 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 540 PM CDT THIS FRIDAY EVENING RADAR REPORTS INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. MOST OF THE STORMS WERE FROM NEAR BURLINGTON IOWA TO ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEORIA. THEY WERsE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH THE PEORIA AREA BETWEEN 615 AND 645PM. ARMBRUST
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-230030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 620 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH PEORIA AREA... AT 620 PM CDT THIS FRIDAY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING THROUGH THE PEORIA AREA. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY AND IN SOUTHWESTERN PEORIA COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ARMBRUST
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
ILZ009-2301230 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 725 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 715 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM QUINCY TO MEREDOSIA..50 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD. POLICE REPORT VERY HEAVY RAINS AND 1/4INCH HAIL IN MEREDOSIA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY ESPECIALLY THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS..SMALL HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS DURING THE NEXT HOUR. FENLEY ATTN ISP DIST ...9
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:10 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
ILZ009-230230 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 805 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HIGH WINDS AND SMALL HAIL IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 800 PM CDT MORGAN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED SMALL HAIL IN NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY AND HIGH WINDS NOT PRODUCING DAMAGE IN MURREYVILLE IN SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH AND SHOULD BE EFFECTING WESTERN SANGAMON COUNTY AND NORTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN THE HOUR BEFORE 9PM CDT. PERSONS IN EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY...WESTERN SANGAMON COUNTY AND NORTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS..SMALL HAIL.. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS DURING THE HOUR BEFORE 9PM CDT. FS ATTN...ISP 9
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:54 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
ILZ009-230230
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
855 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990
...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HIGH WINDS AND SMALL HAIL IN SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
AT 850 PM CDT STATE POLICE AND ESDA REPORTED TORRENTIAL RAINS AND SMALL HAIL
HIGH WINDS...NOT PRODUCING DAMAGE...IN THE LITCHFIELD AND CARLINVILLE
AREAS. RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS 5 TO 10 MILES WIDE
FROM WITT IN NORTHEAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY THROUGH HILLSBORO...LITCHFIELD
AND ON TO BRIGHTON IN SOUTHWEST MACOUPIN COUNTY. THE BAND OF THUNDER
STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AND THE HEAVIEST PART WILL BE
OUT OF THESE COUNTIES BEFORE 930 PM CDT.
PERSONS IN SOUTHERN MONTG{OMERY AND MACOUPIN COUNTIES CAN EXPECT
TORRENTIAL RAINS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG...
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS BEFORE 930 PM CDT.
FS ATTN...DIST 18Nearby
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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.