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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 13, 1995McDonough County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1995, 5:09 PM CDT for McDonough County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Whole counties

County McDonough County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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°0°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 132210
TORMLI
ILC109-132300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
509 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES IA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...MCDONOUGH COUNTY
 
AT 508 PM CDT... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLMAR. IT WILL REA@CH COLMAR BY 515 PM... AND FANDON
BY 525 PM. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL. TAKE COVER NOW!
 
IF YOU ARE IN A CAR...GO INSIDE A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING!
AS A LAST RESORT...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
 
HENDRICKS

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, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNWarren51 min
May 13, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHancock52 min
May 13, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenderson, Warren52 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.