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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 22, 1988Fulton County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1988, 8:38 PM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1988, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1988, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Fulton County, IL

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Peoria Regional, IL (KPIA), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 00:00Z on 1988-04-23Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1988-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 482 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
482 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
764 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 230138
SVRPIA
ILC057-230230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
838 PM CDT FRI APR 22 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST FULTON

AT 830 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN
OF CUBA...35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.  IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS.  MOVE INDOOR IF POSSIBLE.  WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING
TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.

ATTN ISP 14

NADOLSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningILXShelby37 min
Apr 22, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcDonough49 min
Apr 22, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Moultrie59 min
Apr 22, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland59 min
Apr 22, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Edgar55 min
Apr 22, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCarroll38 min
Apr 22, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLee, Ogle38 min
Apr 22, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXWoodford26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.