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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 9, 1995Christian County, Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1995, 7:17 PM CDT for Christian County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 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 9, 1995, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Christian County, IL, Shelby County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 7:56 PM CDTTornado F1Oconee, ILA tornado briefly touched down 2 SE of Oconee destroying two mobile homes, as well as, several outbuildings. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available.

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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 269 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 173 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -133 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 100017
TORSPI
ILC021-167-100100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
717 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY...WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 715 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STORM THAT HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES WAS NEAR HILLSBORO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE PANA...OCONEE...TOWER HILL AND
SHELBYVILLE.
 
 
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!
$$
PEARSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean47 min
May 9, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXShelby32 min
May 9, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt34 min
May 9, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXShelby46 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.