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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 31, 1987Bureau County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1987, 7:54 PM CDT for Bureau County, Illinois. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 1987, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 1987, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Whole counties

County Bureau County, IL

The radar

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

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 5:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 7:17 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Tazewell, Woodford	55 min
Jun 1, 1:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Vermilion	25 min
Jun 1, 2:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Vermilion	24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1987 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.