Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 35, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1996, 10:14 PM CDT for Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 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
- May 27, 1996, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1996, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 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 03:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Loami, 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 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 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 280316 TORSPI ILC167-280415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1014 PM CDT MON MAY 27 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...SANGAMON COUNTY AT 1009PM...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN SANGAMON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 72 NEAR ORLEANS OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSONVILLE. TOWNS IN THE PATH INCLUDE LOAMI AND CHATHAM. THE STORM WILL REACH LOAMI BY 1030PM...CHATHAM BY 1100PM. 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! $$ KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 42 min |
| May 27, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 66 min |
| May 27, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 61 min |
| May 28, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 38 min |
| May 28, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 69 min |
| May 28, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 45 min |
| May 28, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 43 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.