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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 9, 1995Sangamon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1995, 5:26 PM CDT for Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Sangamon County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 100 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 092227
TORSPI
ILC167-092300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
526 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 LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...NORTHERN SANGAMON COUNTY
 
A TORNADO IS FORMING 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAPITAL AIRPORT
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN ANDREW...SHERMAN...WILLIAMSVILLE...TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
 
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!
$$
 
SKIPPER
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler58 min
May 9, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXStark24 min
May 9, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard, Morgan, Sangamon51 min
May 9, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason41 min
May 9, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon35 min
May 9, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton50 min
May 9, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Menard45 min
May 9, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton40 min
May 9, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox47 min
May 9, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan45 min
May 9, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell54 min
May 9, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Logan48 min
May 9, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria52 min
May 9, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian42 min
May 9, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford69 min
May 9, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell46 min
May 9, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Logan45 min
May 9, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.