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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 25, 1992McDonough County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 1992, 5:17 PM CDT for McDonough County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 25, 1992, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1992, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County McDonough County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 5:25 PM CDTTornado F0Mcdonough, 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 414 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 1992-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1801 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 1992-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
1801 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 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 KPIA 252217
TORPIA
ILC109-252300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
517 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      MCDONOUGH

AT 5:10 PM... POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO SOUTHEAST OF BLANDINSVILLE.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE MACOMB... BARDOLPH AND ADAIR.

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.

IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND LIGHTNING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

ATTN ISPh 14

MOGGED

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton69 min

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.