Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 3, 1991, 6:56 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 1991, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 1991, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:08 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Lawrence, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 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 KEVV 032356 TOREVV ILC101-159-040030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 656 PM CDT SAT AUG 3 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ...LAWRENCE COUNTY...RICHLAND COUNTY A TORNDADO WAS REPORTED AT OLNEY ILLINOIS AT 646 PM CDT. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH TOWARD SUMNER AND LAWRENCEVILLE. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. BLOCK
What 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, Aug 3, 4:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
INZ008-012 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 430 PM EST SAT AUG 3 1991 AT 425 PM EST...THERE WAS A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE GRRENE/KNOX COUNTY LINE OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ONE OF THE STRONG STORMS WAS JUST SOUTH OF LINTON AND WILL BE IN THE NEWBERRY...LYONS AND BLOOMFIELD AREA BY 445 PM. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. AS THESE STORMS APPROACH YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOOR..STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS... AND DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. BPRUITT
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
INZALL-040200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 440 PM EST SAT AUG 3 1991 IN INDIANA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCEBURG. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... SULLIVAN...BEDFORD...PAOLI... VERSAILLES...EVANSVILLE...TELL CITY...SALEM AND MADISON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS TDHAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 5:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
INZ008>015-032330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 532 PM EST SAT AUG 3 1991 AT 526 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER A SMALL PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE NEAR DENMARK. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON NEAR FREEMAN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE CITIES OF DENMARK...SPENCER...AND THE NORTH SIDE OF BLOOMINGTON SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. . THE STORMS WILL MOV|E TO THE NORTH SIDE OF BLOOMINGTON BY 545 PM EST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCEBURG.
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.