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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1996, 7:42 PM CDT for Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1996, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Piatt County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Milmine, IL | |
| Apr 19, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Monticello, 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 1505 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSPI 200041 TORSPI ILC147-200115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 742 PM CDT FRI APR 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN IL HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...PIATT COUNTY AT 740 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED OVER DECATUR. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPHt AND SHOULD MOVE INTO CERRO GORDO AND BEMENT BY 750 PM 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Stark | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 57 min |
| Apr 19, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 51 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.