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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1996, 6:59 PM CDT for Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 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, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1996, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:17 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Illiopolis, 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2232 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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 KSPI 192358 TORSPI ILC167-200030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 659 PM CDT FRI APR 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN IL HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...EASTERN SANGAMON COUNTY AT 657 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED NEAR SPRINGFIELD. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING TOWNS...RIVERTON...ROCHESTER AND ILLIOPOLIS. 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 LIFhE! $$ BYRD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 66 min |
| Apr 18, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 58 min |
| Apr 18, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 9:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Piatt | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 29 min |
| Apr 18, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Woodford | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Woodford | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 57 min |
| Apr 19, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 64 min |
| Apr 19, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Tazewell | 42 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.