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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 16, 1995Fulton County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1995, 7:43 PM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 8:27 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Fulton County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 526 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
526 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 170044
TORPIA
ILC057-170145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
743 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...FULTON COUNTY
 
AT 742 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 2
MILES WEST OF VERMONT. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAS"T AT 40 MPH.
SOME COMMUNTITES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
IPAVA...LEWISTON...AND CANTON.
 
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, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Schuyler41 min
May 16, 7:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCass, Menard5 hr
May 16, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass38 min
May 16, 8:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCass5 hr
May 16, 8:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMorgan4 hr
May 16, 8:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXLogan, Menard, Sangamon5 hr
May 16, 9:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXDeWitt, Macon5 hr
May 16, 11:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton, Mason, Schuyler, Tazewell12 hr
May 16, 11:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign3 hr

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.