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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 19, 1996Marshall County, Peoria County, Stark County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1996, 6:07 PM CDT for Marshall County, Peoria County, Stark County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1996, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1996, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marshall County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Stark County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 19, 6:10 PM CDTTornado F0Brimfield, IL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 1996-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2244 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 192307
TORSPI
ILC123-143-175-200000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
607 PM CDT FRI APR 19 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN IL HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

   ...MARSHALL COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN STARK COUNTY

IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

   ...NORTHERN PEORIA COUNTY
 
AT 606 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED
JUST NORTH OF ELMWOOD.

THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO
PRINCEVILLE...CHILLICOTHE...SPEAR AND LACON.

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
Apr 18, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan23 min
Apr 18, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton30 min
Apr 18, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon66 min
Apr 18, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell46 min
Apr 18, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon33 min
Apr 18, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon58 min
Apr 18, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt50 min
Apr 18, 9:03 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon27 min
Apr 18, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMoultrie, Piatt38 min
Apr 18, 9:46 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Douglas29 min
Apr 18, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Douglas40 min
Apr 19, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie, Shelby35 min
Apr 19, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Douglas45 min
Apr 19, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningILXColes, Douglas31 min
Apr 19, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria, Woodford49 min
Apr 19, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningILXColes, Douglas, Edgar46 min
Apr 19, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria, Woodford49 min
Apr 19, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean38 min
Apr 19, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Schuyler57 min
Apr 19, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox64 min
Apr 19, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan, Scott39 min
Apr 19, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Mason48 min
Apr 19, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon46 min
Apr 19, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Tazewell42 min
Apr 19, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.