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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 23, 1992Tazewell County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 1992, 9:58 PM CDT for Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 17 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1992, 9:58 PM CDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1992, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Tazewell County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 389 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 156 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 240258
TORPIA
ILC179-240315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
958 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      SOUTHERN TAZEWELL

AT 10:00 PM CDT... RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER SOUTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY NEAR GREEN VALLEY... 19 MILES SOUTH
OF PEORIA.

THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THIS AREA SHORTLY
BEFORE 10PM.

THE STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PASS
NEAR DELAVAN AND WILL PASS OUT THE TAZEWELL COUNTY NEAR SAN JOSE.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER
IF AVAILABLE...OTHERWISE TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.

ATTN ISP 8

JACOBS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXHenderson29 min
Jun 23, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox47 min
Jun 23, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcDonough47 min
Jun 23, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Mason42 min
Jun 23, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason28 min
Jun 23, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan54 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.