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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Dec 8, 1991, 4:38 PM CST for Champaign County, Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 8, 1991, 4:38 PM CST (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 8, 1991, 5:05 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Champaign County, IL, Piatt County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 335 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 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 082238
TORSPI
ILC019-147-082315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
438 PM CST SUN DEC 8 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN...
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN PIATT...
AT 432 PM CST...CHAMPAIGN EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORTED A TORNADO ON
THE GROUND NEAR BEMENT ILLINOIS IN EASTERN PIATT COUNTY.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE BEMENT...IVESDALE...DIRKVILL
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...SADORUS..TOLONO AND PESOTUM.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO
A DITCH OR CULVERT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
ATTN ISP DIST...10
HILLIARDWhat 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, Dec 8, 1:53 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
ILZ010-082100- SHORT RANGE FORECAST FOR CENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1 52 PM CST SUN DEC 8 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 6 00 PM CST... AT 1 45 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM PEORIA TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR HAVANA TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUINCY. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE FROM BETWEEN PEORIA AND BLOOMINGTON TO THE WEST EDGE OF SPRINGFIELD TO NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS BY AROUND 3 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND A BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOUR OF RAIN. YOU SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WHEN LIGHTNING IS NEAR. WAIT A FEW MINUTES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. PALMER
Special weather statement, Dec 8, 1:54 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
ILZ010-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1 52 PM CST SUN DEC 8 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 6 00 PM CST... AT 1 45 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM PEORIA TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR HAVANA TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUINCY. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE FROM BETWEEN PEORIA AND BLOOMINGTON TO THE WEST EDGE OF SPRINGFIELD TO NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS BY AROUND 3 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND A BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOUR OF RAIN. YOU SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WHEN LIGHTNING IS NEAR. WAIT A FEW MINUTES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. PALMER
Local storm report, Dec 8, 3:16 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 315 PM CST SUN DEC 8 1991 STORM REPORTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON... AT 2:20 PM CST... BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AT MANITO IN NORTHEAST MASON COUNTY. AT 2:21 PM CST... 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT PRINCEVILLE IN NORTHERN PEORIA COUNTY. AT 2:22 PM CST... GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES SOUTH OF TREMONT IN TAZEWELL COUNTY. AT 2:29 PM CST... BASEBALL SIZE HAIL DAMAGING VEHICLES NEAR TREMONT IN TAZEWELL COUNTY. JACOBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 1:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 42 min |
| Dec 8, 2:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard | 46 min |
| Dec 8, 2:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 40 min |
| Dec 8, 2:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 39 min |
| Dec 8, 3:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon | 67 min |
| Dec 8, 3:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 37 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.