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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 13, 1995Knox County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1995, 5:57 PM CDT for Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Knox County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 1995-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 346 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
430 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 KPIA 132259
TORPIA
ILC095-132345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
557 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...KNOX COUNTY
 
AT 555 PM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH KNOX COUNTY.
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES.
 
IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING, STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE!
 
WATERHOUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 5:01 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Knox59 min
May 13, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton60 min
May 13, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria55 min
May 13, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason, Tazewell59 min
May 13, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall, Stark65 min
May 13, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton71 min
May 13, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton64 min
May 13, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford56 min
May 13, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria55 min
May 13, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton61 min
May 13, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell55 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.