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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 14, 1992Carroll County, Stephenson County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1992, 1:32 PM CDT for Carroll County, Stephenson County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1992, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1992, 2:10 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, IL, Stephenson County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 287 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1992-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1992-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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 KRFD 141832
TORRFD
ILC177-015-141915-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
132 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      WESTERN STEPHENSON...

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF ILLINOIS
      EASTERN CARROLL...

AT 122 PM CDT STATE POLICE REOPRTED A TORNADO ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHEAS
T OF LANARK IN NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUTNY. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST.

SOME COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS TORNADO...
SHANNON AND PEARL CITY

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
ABANDON CARS...FARM MACHINERY AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED
BUILDING. IF OUTDOORS...GO TO A REINFORCED SHELTER OR LIE FLAT IN A
DITCHw...CULVERT OR RAVINE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION...YOUR LIFE
MAY DEPEND ON HOW QUICKLY YOU RESPOND TO THIS TORNADO WARNING!

ATTN: ISP DIST 1...2...16.                   PETROVICH

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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.