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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 27, 1995Macon County, Sangamon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1995, 8:02 PM CDT for Macon County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1995, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Macon County, IL, Sangamon County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 907 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 278 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
907 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
278 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
11.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 280103
TORSPI
ILC115-167-280145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
802 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...NORTHERN MACON COUNTY...EASTERN SANGAMON COUNTY
 
AT 8 PM CDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 1.5 MILES EAST OF
ILLIOPOLIS...22 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE
ILLIOPOLIS...NIANTIC...HARRISTOWN...AND WARRENSBURG.
 
 
 
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, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton46 min
May 27, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningILXStark44 min
May 27, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason68 min
May 27, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Macon26 min
May 27, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria46 min
May 27, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton47 min
May 27, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar25 min
May 27, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXShelby41 min
May 27, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean, Tazewell53 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.