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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Lincoln, IL

September 22, 1986Carroll County, Ogle County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 1986, 6:41 PM CDT for Carroll County, Ogle County, Illinois. It was in force for 64 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
Sep 22, 1986, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 1986, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, IL, Ogle County, IL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 22, 7:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Carroll, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Peoria Regional, IL (KPIA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Peoria Regional, IL at 12:00Z on 1986-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1725 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, Peoria Regional, IL at 12:00Z on 1986-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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 KRFD 222341
SVRRFD
ILC015-141-230045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
641 PM CDT MON SEP 22 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EASTERN CARROLL AND WESTERN OGLE

 AT 627 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT
 5 MILES EAST OF MT CARROL IN CARROL COUNTY...WHICH IS ABOUT 50
 WEST SOUTHWEST OF ROCKFORD. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
 TRESS AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN WITH THIS STORM.

 SOME COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
 LANARK...SHANNONM...FORRESTON.

 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR
 OR GREATER.. LARGE HAIL.. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN THAT
 CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.

 ATTN:ISP DIST 1
 SANDERS

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.