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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 6, 1996Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1996, 7:55 PM CDT for Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 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 6, 1996, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1996, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 1996-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1518 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
1518 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 070055
TORSPI
ILC179-203-070130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
755 PM CDT THU JUN 6 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN IL HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

   ...NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY
   ...WOODFORD COUNTY
 
AT 754 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED
JUST NORTHWEST OF PEORIA HEIGHTS...ALONG ROUTE 6.

THE STORM ASSOCIATED WITH THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30
MPH AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING TOWNS...GERMANTOWN...
WASHINGTON...METAMORA AND ROANOKE.

TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ONL 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria32 min
Jun 6, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell42 min
Jun 6, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean40 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.