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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 13, 1995Champaign County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1995, 10:58 PM CDT for Champaign County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Champaign County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2056 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 289 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2056 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
320 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.2
Supercell composite
18.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 140356
TORSPI
ILC019-140430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
1058 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...EASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
 
AT 1056 PM CDT...CHAMPAIGN COUNTY ESDA REPORTED TWO TORNADOES ON THE
GROUND JUST NORTH OF URBANA. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
PEOPLE IN AND NEAR URBANA AND ST JOSEPH SHOULD 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!
$$
 
GEELHART
 
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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, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria35 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

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.