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Tornado Warning 24, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 27, 1995Macoupin County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1995, 11:57 PM CDT for Macoupin County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1995, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1995, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Macoupin County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 907 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 278 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
907 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
278 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
11.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 280459
TORSTL
ILC117-280530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1157 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN MACOUPIN COUNTY
 
AT 1155 PM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY MACOUPIN COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT JUST SOUTHWEST OF GIRARD...OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS.
 
THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...COMMUNITIES OF GIRARD
AND VIRDEN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY AND SEEK SHELTER
NOW!
 
PEDIGO
 
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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.