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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 5, 1991McLean County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1991, 5:45 PM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 1991, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 1991, 6:25 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Whole counties

County McLean County, IL

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, Jul 5, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

ILZ009-010-052215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
420 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 1991

AT 415 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG ISOLATED THUNDER/
STORM 50 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN...ON THE COLES...CUMBERLAND COUNTY
LINE.  THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

REMEMBER...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

SKIES WILL REMAIN PARTLY SUNNY EARLY THIS EVxENING WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.  HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH
TEMPERATURES AROUND 90 AND HEAT INDICIES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S.

BYRD

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:04 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

ILZ009-010-052300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
505 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 1991

AT 500 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED
30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA...IN CUMBERLAND AND
CLARK COUNTIES.

ALSO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE 5 MILES NORTHWEST AND 15 MILES EAST OF
SPRINGFIELD...NEAR ATHENS AND ILLIOPOLIS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

SKIES WILL REMAIN PARTLY SUNNY EARLY THIS EVENING WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.  HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S WITH HEAT INDICIES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S.

BYRD

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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.