Tornado Warning 38, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

May 28, 1996, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)

Expired

May 28, 1996, 3:25 PM CDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Edgar County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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TTAA00 KSPI 281942
TORSPI
ILC045-183-282025-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
242 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN IL HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 325 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

   ...NORTHERN EDGAR COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY
 
AT 23O PM...CHAMPAIGN COUNTY WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

TOWNS IN THE PATH INCLUDE...COMMUNITIES IN EDGAR COUNTY ALONG AND
NORTH OF STATE ROUTE 36 INCLUDING...HUME... CHRISMAN...AND IN
VERMILION COUNTY FROM ALLERTON TO GEORGETOWN.

GOLFBALL SIZE OR LARGER HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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!
$$

NOLLENDORFS
 

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NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 28, 9:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
945 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 1996

13Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWING LOW PRES NOW SITUATED OVR EXTREME W CENT IL
WITH WARM FRONT EXTENDING OUT FROM LOW FROM NORTH OF ILX TO JUST SOUTH
OF CMI. LOW CLDS AND FOG PLENTIFUL NORTH OF FRONT. ALSO OVERRUNNING TRWS
DEVELOPING NORTH OF THE FRONT. DRIER AIR NOW PUNCHING INTO SW IL WITH
DEW PT TEMPS DROPPING INTO 50S THIS PAST HOUR IN STL. SAT AND SFC OBS
ALSO INDICATING SOME CLRG SKIES MOVG TWD SRN HALF IL WITH DRIER AIR. LOW
PRES TO WORK SLOWLY EAST ALONG FRONTL BOUNDARY. RWS AND TRWS TO CONT TO
THE NORTH WITH SOME DEVELOPMNT ALONG DRY LINE ALSO OCCURRING  IT MOVES
ACROSS SRN IL EARLY. WSHFT AT SPI JUST OCCURRED AT 1415Z WITH RECENT
SPECIAL. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE COULD PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RWS LATER TDY
MAINLY ACROSS NRN HALF OF AREA. SOME SUNSHINE ALSO POSSIBLE IN SRN
AREAS WITH TEMPS WARMING UP INTO 70S.

PIA    64/50  +6
SPI    76/51  42
DEC    75/51  42
CMI    70/48  63
SE IL  77/53  5-

FRIEDERS

In the hours before

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-291200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN ILLINOIS
1100 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 1996

SYNOPSIS:   A LOW PRESSURE AREA AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING
THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST THIS AFTERNOON.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS FRONT AS IT TRACKS EAST.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER MAINLY EAST OF A LINE
FROML BLOOMINGTON TO DECATUR TO SHELBYVILLE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE
NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

FRIEDERS

ILZ038-281840-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
104 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1996

...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MCLEAN COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED AT 1 PM...

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME STREET
FLOODING ACROSS MCLEAN COUNTY EARLIER HAVE NOW MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1 PM.

FRIEDERS

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