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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 13, 1995Peoria County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1995, 7:25 PM CDT for Peoria County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Peoria County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1648 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.6
Supercell composite
-2.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 140027
TORPIA
ILC143-140100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
725 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...SOUTHERN PEORIA COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORNADOES CONTINUED TO
MOVE THROUGH PEORIA COUNTY.
 
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, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean59 min
May 13, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford67 min
May 13, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell54 min
May 13, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria50 min
May 13, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean62 min
May 13, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon, Piatt45 min
May 13, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign37 min
May 13, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Piatt27 min
May 13, 10:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign32 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.