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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 27, 1995Cass County, Morgan County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1995, 6:21 PM CDT for Cass County, Morgan County, Illinois. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report 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 27, 1995, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cass County, IL, Morgan County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 6:45 PM CDTTornado F0Meredosia, ILA tornado caused minor damage to several buildings in Meredosia. Several trees and power lines were reported down and there was some crop damage. No damage estimate was available.

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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 1995-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 248 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 272321
TORSPI
ILC017-137-280015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
621 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...WESTERN CASS COUNTY...WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY
 
AT 6 20 PM CDT...MORGAN COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST
SOUTH OF MEREDOSIA....MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE MEREDOSIA...LA GRANGE...AND
BEARDSTOWN.
 
 
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!
$$
 
PEARSON
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox45 min
May 27, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan45 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.