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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 9, 1995Peoria County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1995, 6:08 PM CDT for Peoria County, Illinois. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Peoria County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 142 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 092309
TORPIA
ILC143-100000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
608 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...PEORIA COUNTY
 
AT 607 PM CDT...SPOTTERS IN FULTON COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF GLASFORD
INDICATED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTfHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF
GLASFORD...BARTONVILLE...AND PEORIA BY 630 PM CDT.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. GO INDOORS TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OF YOUR HOME!
 
HUNTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler58 min
May 9, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXStark24 min
May 9, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard, Morgan, Sangamon51 min
May 9, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason41 min
May 9, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon35 min
May 9, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton50 min
May 9, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Menard45 min
May 9, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon34 min
May 9, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton40 min
May 9, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox47 min
May 9, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan45 min
May 9, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell54 min
May 9, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Logan48 min
May 9, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian42 min
May 9, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford69 min
May 9, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell46 min
May 9, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Logan45 min
May 9, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean58 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.