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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT for McLean County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1995, 9:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McLean County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIA 280203 TORPIA ILC113-179-280300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 900 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...MCLEAN COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY AT 855 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF ARMINGTON...IN SOUTHEAST TAZEWELL COUNTY...AND THE TOWNS OF MCLEAN...BLOOMINGTON/NORMAL...AND LEXINGTON IN MCLEAN COUNTY... BY 920 PM CDT. GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR RJOOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! HUNTER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 27, 8:46 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
ILZ051-053-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 846 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EASTERN SANGAMON AND NORTHERN MACON COUNTIES HAS EXPI8RED... THE STORM THAT PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR NIANTIC AND SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS IN WEST CENTRAL MACON COUNTY HAS MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AND HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY. PEARSON &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 46 min |
| May 27, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Stark | 44 min |
| May 27, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason | 68 min |
| May 27, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 26 min |
| May 27, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 46 min |
| May 27, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 47 min |
| May 27, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon, Sangamon | 43 min |
| May 27, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 25 min |
| May 27, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 41 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.