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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 4, 1992Fulton County, Mason County, Tazewell County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 4, 1992, 2:25 PM CDT for Fulton County, Mason County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 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: May 4, 1992, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 1992, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fulton County, IL, Mason County, IL, Tazewell County, IL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 4, 2:50 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Tazewell, 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 385 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 216 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 041925
TORPIA
ILC057-179-125-042000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
225 PM CDT MON MAY 4 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      SOUTHEAST FULTON...

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      TAZEWELL...MASON...

AT 222 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE FULTON COUNTY SHERRIFS
DEPARTMENT NEAR CANTON IN EASTERN FULTON COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS
REPORTED TO BE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH
 OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE BANNER...MANITO AND FORST CITY.

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 REINYFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND LIGHTNING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 2:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign	38 min
May 4, 3:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell	33 min
May 4, 4:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean	64 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.