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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Lincoln, IL

November 27, 1990Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 1990, 3:11 PM CST for Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 27, 1990, 3:11 PM CST (21:11 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 1990, 3:45 PM CST
In force
34 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1990-11-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 189 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1990-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 271 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
189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 272111
TORPIA
ILC179-203-272145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
311 PM CST TUE NOV 27 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      TAZEWELL...WOODFORD

AT 310 PM CST A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC SOUTH OF PEKIN
IN TAXEWELL COUNTY.  DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AT WADDELL AIRPORT.

THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND SHOULD PASS NEAR
MORTON AND EUREKA WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.

THE OTHER WARNINGS ISSUED FOR BUREAU... STARTK... PUTNAM AND
MARSHALL COUNTIES EXPIRE AT 3:15... NO ADDITIONAL SIGHTINGS OR
DAMAGE WERE REPORTED IN THAT AREA.

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 8

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 1:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Schuyler64 min
Nov 27, 2:48 PM CSTTornado WarningILXBureau, Marshall, Putnam, Stark27 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.