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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 9, 1995Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 1995, 5:40 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 1995, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Vermilion County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3029 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
3029 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 092241
TORSPI
ILC183-092315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
540 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY
 
AT 538 PM CDT...VERMILION COUNTY ESDA REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER LAKE
VERMILION.
 
THE STORM ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH
SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING TOWNS...DANVILLE
...TILTON AND CATLIN.
 
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!
 
$$
BYRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Edgar44 min
Aug 9, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Cumberland40 min
Aug 9, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland45 min
Aug 9, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion35 min
Aug 9, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Douglas41 min
Aug 9, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean61 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.