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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1995, 5:10 PM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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 9, 1995, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fulton County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Cuba, IL | A tornado briefly touched down in a field 2 W of Cuba. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| May 9, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Canton To, IL | A tornado developed 3 SW of Canton and moved to the northeast. It knocked down numerous tree limbs, twisted off the tops of some trees and power poles, and bent a communications tower at a 45 degree angle. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was |
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, 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIA 092212 SVRPIA ILC057-092300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 510 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...FULTON COUNTY AT 510 PM CDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED 3/4" HAIL NEAR BLYTON IN FULTON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF FARMINGTON AND MIDDLEGROVE BY 530 PM CDT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. HUNTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 58 min |
| May 9, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stark | 24 min |
| May 9, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 51 min |
| May 9, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 41 min |
| May 9, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 35 min |
| May 9, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard | 45 min |
| May 9, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 34 min |
| May 9, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 40 min |
| May 9, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 47 min |
| May 9, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 45 min |
| May 9, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 54 min |
| May 9, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 48 min |
| May 9, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 52 min |
| May 9, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 42 min |
| May 9, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 69 min |
| May 9, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 46 min |
| May 9, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 45 min |
| May 9, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 58 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.