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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1991, 8:31 PM CDT for DeWitt County, Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 1991, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1991, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeWitt County, IL, Piatt County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 336 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 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 300131
TORSPI
ILC039-147-300215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
831 PM CDT MON APR 29 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DE WITT...NORTHERN PIATT
AT 826 PM CDT SPOTTERS IN DEWITT COUNTY SPOTTED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND 2 MILES EAST OF ROUTE 10 NEAR WELDON.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND THE FOLLOWING
TOWNS ARE IN THE PATH...FULLERTON AND PARNELL.
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.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
ATTN ISP DIST...6
MUNDYWhat 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, Apr 29, 7:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
ILZ009-010-300115- SHORT TERM WEATHER FOR CENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 705 PM CDT MON APR 29 1991 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF SPRINGFIELD NORTH TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEORIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN LOGAN COUNTY JUST EAST OF LINCOLN AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MT PULASKI. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO DEWITT AND NORTHERN MACON COUNTIES BY 730 PM. DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. B E ALERT TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MUNDY ATTN ISP DIST...9...6...10
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 7:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
ILZ009-010-300115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 710 PM CDT MON APR 29 1991 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF SPRINGFIELD NORTH TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEORIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN LOGAN COUNTY JUST EAST OF LINCOLN AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MT PULASKI. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO DEWITT AND NORTHERN MACON COUNTIES BY 730 PM. DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. BE ALERT TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MUNDY ATTN ISP DIST...9...6...10
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeKalb, Lee | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Boone | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 58 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.