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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 26, 1994McLean County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1994, 5:47 PM CDT for McLean County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1994, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1994, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties McLean County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 398 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 1994-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 1994-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 381 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
381 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
340 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 262249
TORPIA
ILC113-203-262330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
547 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...MCLEAN COUNTY...SOUTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY
 
AT 5:46 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR WASHINGTON IN
NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY ...10 MILES EAST OF PEORIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL THREATEN THE COMMUNITY OF
CARLOCK AROUND 6:14 PM...YUTON AROUND 6:23 PM AND KERRICK AND
BLOOMINGTON/NORMAL AROUND 6:28 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXHancock, McDonough, Schuyler54 min
Jun 25, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan30 min
Jun 26, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXBureau, Putnam50 min
Jun 26, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall47 min
Jun 26, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell41 min
Jun 26, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell26 min
Jun 26, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell31 min
Jun 26, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Mason37 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.