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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 24, 1993McDonough County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 1993, 8:32 PM CDT for McDonough County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1993, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County McDonough County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 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 00:00Z on 1993-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 478 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 1993-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
478 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 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 250131
TORPIA
ILC109-250200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
832 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY
 
AT 830 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 2 MILES WEST OF LITTLETON. THE TORNADO
WAS PRODUCED BY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS MOVING TO NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH. TOWNS THREATENED BY THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM ARE INDUSTRY... ADAIR
AND NEW PHILADELPHIA.
 
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
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
BREESER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSchuyler38 min
Jun 24, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton65 min
Jun 24, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria56 min
Jun 24, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass61 min
Jun 24, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan41 min
Jun 24, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason67 min
Jun 24, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell69 min
Jun 24, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan52 min
Jun 24, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon30 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.