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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 28, 1996Sangamon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 1996, 7:34 PM CDT for Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 28, 1996, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1996, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
41 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 00:33 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 28, 7:40 PM CDTHail 1.75Sherman, 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 1996-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 379 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 1996-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
379 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
958 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 290035
TORSPI
ILC167-290115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
734 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 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 CENTRAL ILLINOIS

   ...SANGAMON COUNTY
 
AT 732 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED
NEAR CANTRALL.

THE STORM ASSOCIATED WITH THE TORNADO WAS MOV
ING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING TOWNS...CANTRALL
...ANDREW...SHERMAN AND RIVERTON.

IF THE TORNADO APPROACHES YOUR AREA GET TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.


$$

BYRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Menard, Sangamon25 min
Jul 28, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian38 min
Jul 29, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark49 min
Jul 29, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford31 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.