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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 6, 1987Winnebago County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1987, 2:54 PM CDT for Winnebago County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 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 6, 1987, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1987, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Winnebago 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
Jul 6, 3:34 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 57Winnebago, 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 1987-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1987-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 12:21 AM CDTTornado WarningILXClark, Cumberland24 min
Jul 6, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCarroll53 min
Jul 6, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXStephenson54 min
Jul 6, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXBoone17 min
Jul 6, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacoupin53 min
Jul 6, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMontgomery60 min
Jul 6, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox, Peoria55 min
Jul 6, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Edgar45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.