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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 9, 1995McLean County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1995, 7:43 PM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County McLean County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 KPIA 100044
TORPIA
ILC113-100130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
743 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...MCLEAN COUNTY
 
AT 743 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER
SOUTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT* 30
MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF LEROY AND PADUA BY 800 PM CDT.
 
 
GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!
 
HUNTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Shelby43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.