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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 6, 1992Morgan County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 1992, 3:57 PM CST for Morgan County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 1992, 3:57 PM CST (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1992, 4:30 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Morgan County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 322 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1992-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1992-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 062157
TORSPI
ILC137-062230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
357 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      CENTRAL NORTH MORGAN

THE COUNTY SHERRIFF OF MORGAN COUNTY REPORTED A TORNADO AT 354 PM
CST 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSONVILLE...35 MILES WEST OF SPRING/
FIELD.

THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL
EFFECT WEST JACKSONVILLE..ARCADIA..CONCORD AND LITERBEERY.

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 ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
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.

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 COARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO
A DITCH OR CULVERT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

 ATTN ISP DIST...9
 FENLEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 3:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan29 min
Mar 6, 4:19 PM CSTTornado WarningILXCass26 min
Mar 6, 4:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass39 min
Mar 6, 4:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacoupin32 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.