Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

May 14, 1991, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)

Expired

May 14, 1991, 1:45 PM CDT

In force

25 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Moultrie County, IL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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TTAA00 KSPI 141820
TORSPI
ILC139-041-029-141845-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
120 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      NORTHERN MOULTRIE...

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      WESTERN DOUGLAS...WESTERN COLES...

AT 108 PM CDT...ILLINOIS STATE POLICE REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS
SIGHTED BY LAW ENFORECEMENT OFFICERS 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DECATUR
WEST OF SULLIVAN ILLINOIS.

THESE FUNNELS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THAT
AREA AND ARE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 15 MPH.

COMMUNITIES IN AND NEAR THE PATH OF THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE...
LOVINGTON...WILLIAMSBURG...SULLIVAN...GARRET...ATWOOD...ARTHUR...
ARCOLA...HUMBOLDT AND ALLENVILLE.

FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

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...10
 PALMER

In the hours before

ILZ005>007-009-141630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
800 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 1991

AT 745 A THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED IN SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY NEAR
ASTORIA...45 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY
SOME SMALL HAIL COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM IS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER AT ABOUT 15 MPH. DUE TO THE
SLOW MOVEMENT AND HEVY RAIN WITH THIS STORM YTHE POSSIBILITY EXIST FOR MINOR
FLODING OF STREETS LOW LYING AGRICULTURAL AREA.

BREESER

ILZ005>007-009-141500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
900 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 1991

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

AT 8:57 THIS MORNING... RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EASTERN FULTON COUNTY NEAR HAVANA. THE STORM
HAS WEAKENED SOMEWHAT DURING THE PAST HOUR BUT IS STILL CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAIN.

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE UP ALONG THE ILLINOIS
RIVER IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF PEORIA.  IF THE STORM HOLDS TOGETHER IT
MAY BE EXPECTED TO REACH THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF PEORIA BY ABOUT 10:30 AM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OUT IN WESTERN ILLINOIS NEAR QUINCY. THOSE THUNDER-
STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST TO HANCOCK AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES.

JACOBS

Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes in 1991

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.