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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 27, 1995Stark County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 1995, 9:24 PM CDT for Stark County, Illinois. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1995, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1995, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Stark County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 83 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1995-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2692 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1995-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -92 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2692 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
534 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
100.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 280225
TORPIA
ILC175-280330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
924 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...STARK COUNTY
 
AT 925 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT TO ENTER STARK
COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL zAFFECT THE
TOWNS OF TOULON...ELMIRA...AND BRADFORD BY 1000 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, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford60 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.