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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 16, 1995Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1995, 5:29 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 5:56 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Schuyler County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 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
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-330 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 162230
TORPIA
ILC169-162330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
529 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...SCHUYLER COUNTY
 
AT 525 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST WEST OF
SCHUYLER COUNTY. THIS STORMS IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND ALSO
HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM INCLUDE BROOKLYN...CAMDEN...AND RUSHVILLE.
 
IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING, STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE!
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WATERHOUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 6:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Menard27 min
May 16, 6:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Sangamon31 min
May 16, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason34 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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.