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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 27, 1995Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT for Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Woodford County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 1995-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2794 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 1995-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
2794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 280202
TORPIA
ILC203-280300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
900 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...WOODFORD COUNTY
 
AT 857 PM CDT...A STORM WHICH HAS PRODUCED NUMEROUS TORNADOES IN
NORTHEASTERN PEORIA COUNTY WAS APPROACHING WESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF SPRING
BAY...METAMORA...AND ROANOKE BY 930 PM CDT.
 
GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!
 
HUNTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox47 min
Jul 27, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria63 min
Jul 27, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox60 min
Jul 27, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria65 min
Jul 27, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningILXStark66 min
Jul 27, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton62 min
Jul 27, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford61 min
Jul 27, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall60 min
Jul 28, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar52 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.