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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1988, 9:07 PM CDT for Lee County, Ogle County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 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
- Apr 22, 1988, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 1988, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lee 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 9:15 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Ogle, 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
Salem-Leckrone, IL (KSLO), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 362 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
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, Apr 22, 6:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 605 PM CDT FRI APR 22 1988 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI..PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERNP ILLINOIS. AT 600 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI OR JUST WEST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS AND ANOTHER NEAR SPRINFIELD. SOME OTHERS WERE IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS NEAR CHICAGO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. STUMETZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Moultrie | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Carroll | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 26 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988
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.