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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1994, 6:08 PM CDT for Logan County, Mason County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1994, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Logan County, IL, Mason County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 356 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIA 262310 TORPIA ILC125-262345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 608 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...EASTERN MASON COUNTY AT 6:05 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN TAZEWELL COUNTY ...25 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH ATH 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL THREATEN THE COMMUNITY OF ALLEN BY 6:15 PM...NATRONA AROUND 6:17 PM AND MASON CITY AROUND 6:26 PM. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT. BREESER
1 follow-up statement
000 TTAA00 KSPI 262310 TORSPI ILC107-262345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 608 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...LOGAN COUNTY AT 605 PM CDT...SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A CONFIRMED TORNADO HAD BEEN SITED IN CENTRAL TAZEWELL COUNTY...50 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL THREATEN THE COMMUNITIES OF EMDEN...UNION...HARTSBURG... AND LINCOLN. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER SHELTER. ACT NOW TO SAVE YOUR LIFE!
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
ILZ017-262055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 250 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BUREAU COUNTY... AT 245 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...WAS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BUREAU COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL EXIT BUREAU COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
ILZ017-262055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 250 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BUREAU COUNTY... AT 245 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...WAS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BUREAU COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL EXIT BUREAU COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
ILZ017-262120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 318 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY... AT 315 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN WHITESIDE COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 1/2 INCH HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH NEW BEDFORD...NORMANDY AND WALNUT ...IN NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY...DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER UNTIL IT PASSES. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
ILZ017-262120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 318 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY... AT 315 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN WHITESIDE COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 1/2 INCH HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH NEW BEDFORD...NORMANDY AND WALNUT ...IN NORTHERNd BUREAU COUNTY...DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER UNTIL IT PASSES. BREESER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Hancock, McDonough, Schuyler | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau, Putnam | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.