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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 1995, 3:40 PM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 1995, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County McLean County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 1776 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIA 192041 TORPIA ILC113-192130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 340 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...EAST CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTY AT 337 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST EAST OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON ALONG HIGHWAY 9 MOVING EAST. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE BARNES...BENTOWN...AND FLETCHER. IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING, STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE! STUMETZ
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, Aug 19, 11:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-192130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1120 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995 ...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL AGAIN REACH INTO THE MIDDLE 90S...AND COMBINED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S ...WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICIES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE. THE COMBINATION OF VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL MAKE ANY TYPE OF STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITY DANGEROUS. THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG ARE THE MOST AT RISK...AS WELL AS PEOPLE IN POOR HEALTH AND OUTDOOR PETS. WHEN THE HEAT INDEX REACHES SUCH EXTREME VALUES HEAT ILLNESSES SUCH AS SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...AND HEAT EXHAUSTION ARE POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE. PLEASE KEEP THESE HEAT WAVE SAFETY RULES IN MIND TODAY: *AVOID OR SEVERLY LIMIT STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. *IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER OR OTHER NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. *WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING. *CHECK ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS WHO ARE ELDERLY OR ILL. STUMETZ
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 11:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-192130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1120 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995 ...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL AGAIN REACH INTO THE MIDDLE 90S...AND COMBINED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S ...WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICIES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE. THE COMBINATION OF VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL MAKE ANY TYPE OF STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITY DANGEROUS. THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG ARE THE MOST AT RISK...AS WELL AS PEOPLE IN POOR HEALTH AND OUTDOOR PETS. WHEN THE HEAT INDEX REACHES SUCH EXTREME VALUES HEAT ILLNESSES SUCH AS SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...AND HEAT EXHAUSTION ARE POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE. PLEASE KEEP THESE HEAT WAVE SAFETY RULES IN MIND TODAY: *AVOID OR SEVERLY LIMIT STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. *IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER OR OTHER NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. *WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING. *CHECK ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS WHO ARE ELDERLY OR ILL. STUMETZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles | 45 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.