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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Chicago, IL

May 9, 1995Ford County, Livingston County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1995, 7:38 PM CDT for Ford County, Livingston County, Illinois. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ford County, IL, Livingston County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 173 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -133 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
173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-75 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 KCHI 100040
TORCHI
ILC053-105-100145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
738 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...FORD COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY
 
AT 732 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST MCLEAN COUNTY NEAR THE
TOWN OF LEROY. THIS STORM HAS BEEN PRODUCING TORNADOES FOR SEVERAL HOURS
AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TOWNS OF GIBSON CITY...SIBLEY
AND STRAWN ARE IN THE PATH AND MAY BE AFFECTED BEFORE 8 PM. OTHER TOWNS
THAT MAY BE AFFECTED AFTER 8 PM INCLUDE PIPER CITY...ROBERTS...
CHATSWORTH AND MELVIN.
 
GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!
 
A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND!  TAKE SHELTER NOW!
 
ABANDON MOBILE HOMES!  GO INSIDE A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING!
AS A LAST RESORT LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
 
 
 
&
CONSIDINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTWill19 min
May 9, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTDeKalb, Kane64 min
May 9, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTDuPage64 min
May 9, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTFord, Iroquois48 min
May 10, 2:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTKankakee17 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.