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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1991, 7:03 PM CDT for Douglas County, Moultrie County, Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1991, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1991, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 305 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
- 1054 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 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 060003
TORSPI
ILC147-139-041-060030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
703 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN PIATT...NORTHERN MOULTRIE...
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
WESTERN DOUGLAS...
AT 656 PM CDT...ISP DIST 10 REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ALOFT NEAR
CASNER...5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DECATUR. THE FUNNEL WAS MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST.
THE STORM ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING TOWNS...LOVINGTON...HAMMOND
...ATWOOD AND ARTHUR.
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 THREATEeNED 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...10
BYRDWhat 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, Jul 5, 4:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
ILZ009-010-052215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 420 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 1991 AT 415 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG ISOLATED THUNDER/ STORM 50 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN...ON THE COLES...CUMBERLAND COUNTY LINE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. REMEMBER...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. SKIES WILL REMAIN PARTLY SUNNY EARLY THIS EVxENING WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 90 AND HEAT INDICIES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. BYRD
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
ILZ009-010-052300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 505 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 1991 AT 500 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA...IN CUMBERLAND AND CLARK COUNTIES. ALSO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE 5 MILES NORTHWEST AND 15 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...NEAR ATHENS AND ILLIOPOLIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. REMEMBER...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. SKIES WILL REMAIN PARTLY SUNNY EARLY THIS EVENING WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S WITH HEAT INDICIES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. BYRD
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
ILZ009-010-060000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 600 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 1991 AT 555 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD IN SHELBY COUNTY...JUST WEST OF SHELBYVILLE. ALSO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CHRISTIAN...MACON...PIATT...MOULTRIE ...COLES AND CLARK COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. REMEMBER...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. SKIES WILL REMAIN PARTLY SUNNY EARLY THIS EVENING WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S WITH HEAT INDICIES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. BYRD
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:51 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
ILZ009-010-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 650 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 1991 AT 645 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR ILLIOPOLIS AND 15 AND 35 MILES SOUTH/ EAST OF DECATUR NEAR LOVINGTON AND CHARLESTON. ALSO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN MACON...SHELBY...PIATT...DOUGLAS... COLES AMD CUMBERLAND COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. REMEMBER...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. SKIES WILL REMAIN PARTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMSX POSSIBLE. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S AND HEAT INDICIES IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. BYRD
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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.