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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 13, 1995Warren County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1995, 4:24 PM CDT for Warren County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Warren County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 346 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
430 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 KMLI 132126
TORMLI
ILC187-132215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
424 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES IA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...WARREN COUNTY
 
AT 423 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LOMAX MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STORM WILL REACH
ROSEVILLE BY 440 PM...BERWICK AND GREENBUSH BY 445 PM. THIS STORM HAS A
PAST HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.
 
 
IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE SAFE SHELTER IN STURDY
BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS NOW!!!
 
 
BERG

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, May 13, 4:08 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
ILZ009-015-016-024-IAZ065-066-067-068-078-088-089-099-ILZ002-007-
001-IAZ051-040-041-042-063-054-087-064-053-076-052-098-077-ILZ017-
034-025-035-132215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
407 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995

TORNADO WATCH #368 FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA PARTS OF WEST
CENTRAL IOWA IN EFFECT UNTIL 900PM THIS SATURDAY EVENING. THIS WATCH
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CONTIES IN EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS...
...IN IOWA...
DELAWARE        DUBUQUE         JACKSON         JONES
BENTON          CEDAR           IOWA            JOHNSON
KEOKUK          LINN            POWESHIEK       TAMA
WASHINGTON      CLINTON         HENRY           LOUISA
MUSCATINE       SCOTT           DESMOINES       LEE
BUCHANAN        VAN BUREN       JEFFERSON
...IN ILLINOIS...
ROCK ISLAND     MERCER          WARREN          HENDERSON
MCDONOUGH       HANDCOCK

ALSO...TORNADO WATCH #371 FOR MOST OF WESTERN ILLINOIS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1100PM THIS SATURDAY EVENING.  THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN WESTERN ILLINOIS...
JO DAVIESS       STEPHENSON      CARROLL         WHITESIDE
BUREAU           PUTNAM          HENRY

ALL OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERvN ILLINOIS ARE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH THIS
SATURDAY EVENING...PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..COMMERCIAL
RADIO..OR TV FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION.

HOLSTEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenderson51 min
May 13, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHancock51 min
May 13, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHancock52 min
May 13, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenderson, Warren52 min
May 13, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNMcDonough51 min
May 13, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNWarren31 min
May 13, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNPutnam42 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.