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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 16, 1995Mason County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1995, 6:07 PM CDT for Mason County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 6:41 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Mason County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 1995-05-16Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 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
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-362 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 162309
TORPIA
ILC125-170015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
607 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  710 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...MASON COUNTY
 
AT 605 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO CROSSING
THE ILLINOIS RIVER INTO MASON COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF BISHOP...TOPEKA...AND
KILBOURNE.
 
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 16, 6:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Menard27 min
May 16, 6:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Sangamon31 min
May 16, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSchuyler27 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.