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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 29, 1991Christian County, Macon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1991, 7:40 PM CDT for Christian County, Macon County, Illinois. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 1991, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1991, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Christian County, IL, Macon County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 295 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1991-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1991-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 29, 7:13 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
ILZ009-010-300115-

SHORT TERM WEATHER FOR CENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
705 PM CDT MON APR 29 1991

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
THE LINE EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF SPRINGFIELD NORTH TO 30 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PEORIA.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH
WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN LOGAN COUNTY JUST EAST OF LINCOLN
AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MT PULASKI.  THE STORMS
WILL MOVE INTO DEWITT AND NORTHERN MACON COUNTIES BY 730 PM.

DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY
ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

BE ALERT TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR
FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MUNDY
ATTN ISP DIST...9...6...10
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 7:14 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
ILZ009-010-300115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
710 PM CDT MON APR 29 1991

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
THE LINE EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF SPRINGFIELD NORTH TO 30 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PEORIA.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH
WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN LOGAN COUNTY JUST EAST OF LINCOLN
AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MT PULASKI.  THE STORMS
WILL MOVE INTO DEWITT AND NORTHERN MACON COUNTIES BY 730 PM.

DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY
ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

BE ALERT TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR
FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
MUNDY
ATTN ISP DIST...9...6...10

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean, Woodford26 min
Apr 29, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean, Woodford27 min
Apr 29, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt65 min
Apr 29, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeKalb, Lee34 min
Apr 29, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXBoone32 min
Apr 29, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean58 min
Apr 29, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Piatt44 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.