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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 9, 1995Fulton County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1995, 5:35 PM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Fulton County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 5:35 PM CDTTornado F0Cuba, ILA tornado briefly touched down in a field 2 W of Cuba. No damage or injuries were reported.
May 9, 5:48 PM CDTTornado F0Canton To, ILA tornado developed 3 SW of Canton and moved to the northeast. It knocked down numerous tree limbs, twisted off the tops of some trees and power poles, and bent a communications tower at a 45 degree angle. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 1995-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 142 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 1995-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 092236 RRA
TORPIA
ILC057-092315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
535 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...FULTON COUNTY
 
AT 535 PM CDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 2 MILES WEST
OF CUBA...MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE CUBA...CANTON...AND FIATT.
 
GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!
 
HUNTER
 
 
&

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, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon34 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

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.