Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1995, 6:01 PM CDT for Mason County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 59 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 13, 1995, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mason County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado F3 | Tremont, IL | A tornado touched down along the Illinois River (3 NE of Goofy Ridge) and traveled to the northeast for 25 miles before lifting and dissipating in Tremont (Tazwell County). The tornado damaged or destroyed over 36 homes and mobile homes in Mason County and in |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 559 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIA 132303 TORPIA ILC125-179-140000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 601 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...NORTHERN MASON COUNTY...TAZEWELL COUNTY AT 600 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE HAIL WERE MOVING INTO NORTHERN MASON AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES. THESE STROMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME COMMUNTIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORM INCLUDE BISHOP...MANITO...GREEN VALLEY...SOUTH PEKIN AND TREMONT. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 59 min |
| May 13, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 60 min |
| May 13, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 55 min |
| May 13, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 48 min |
| May 13, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Stark | 65 min |
| May 13, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 71 min |
| May 13, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 64 min |
| May 13, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 56 min |
| May 13, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 55 min |
| May 13, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 61 min |
| May 13, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 55 min |
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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.