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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 2, 1990Coles County, Moultrie County, Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 4:47 PM CDT for Coles County, Moultrie County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1990, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1990, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Coles County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Shelby 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 272 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 1990-06-02Temperature 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 1990-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 305 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
337 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
12.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 022151 COR
TORSPI
ILC173-139-029-022215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...COR TO TIME OF EVENT....
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
447 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      NORTHERN SHELBY...SOUTHERN MOULTRIE...

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      COLES...

AT 443PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF
FINDLAY...35 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE SULLIVAN...MATTOON...AND LAKE
SHELBYVILLE STATE PARK.

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 REINFORCE?D
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

 ATTN ISP DIST... 10
 WAGNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Montgomery, Shelby59 min
Jun 2, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDouglas33 min
Jun 2, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion29 min
Jun 2, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Cumberland, Edgar62 min
Jun 2, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningILXEdgar39 min
Jun 2, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClark34 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.