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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 27, 1995Henry County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1995, 6:59 PM CDT for Henry County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1995, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Henry County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 7:20 PM CDTTornado F0Galva, ILA small tornado ripped large tree limbs off three trees of the Don and LeAnn Doubler residence. A nearby railroad crossing sign was snapped off and tossed on the ground.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 1995-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 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 280003
TORMLI
ILC073-280100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
659 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES IA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS
 
   ...HENRY IL COUNTY
 
AT 654 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO SOUTH OF ANDOVER... THE
STORM WAS ALSO LOCATED 5 SOUTHEAST OF CAMBRRIDGE.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.