Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT for Logan County, Menard County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 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, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Logan County, IL, Menard County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado F3 | Cantrall, IL | A tornado developed 3 NE of Salisbury and moved northeast lifting 5 NE of Beason in Logan County at 1756 CST. The path width varied from one-quarter to three-quarters of a mile and was on the ground for 40 miles. The tornado caused significant damage in Cant |
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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSPI 092216 TORSPI ILC107-129-092300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 515 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY...MENARD COUNTY AT 514 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS PRODUCING THE FUNNEL CLOUDS AND SEVERAL TORNADOES WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATHENS...12 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH ATHENS...FANCY PRAIRIE...AND ELKHART. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON TH@E LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER SHELTER. ACT NOW TO SAVE YOUR LIFE! $$ BYRD
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, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 50 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.