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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 2, 1996Mason County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1996, 9:19 PM CDT for Mason County, Illinois. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1996, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1996, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Mason County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1996-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 307 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1996-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
307 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2116 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 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 030219
TORSPI
ILC125-030300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
919 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...MASON COUNTY
 
AT 920 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO BETWEEN BISHOP AND
TOPEKA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE
BISHOP AND FOREST CITY.
 
 
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!
$$
 
FRIEDERS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox, Peoria43 min
Jun 2, 8:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXKnox116 min
Jun 2, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria59 min
Jun 2, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton64 min
Jun 2, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian68 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.