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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 26, 1995Logan County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1995, 7:52 PM CDT for Logan County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1995, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1995, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Logan County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 1995-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1685 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1685 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1046 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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 270054
TORSPI
ILC107-270130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
752 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...LOGAN COUNTY
 
AT 0745PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD JUST WEST OF LINCOLN ON
INTERSTATE 55 NEAR BROADWELL. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH
EAST 20 MILES AN
HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH INCLUDE LINCOLN AND ATLANTA.
 
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
$$
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion36 min

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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.