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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Lincoln, IL

September 12, 1991Ogle County, Winnebago County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 1991, 7:39 PM CDT for Ogle County, Winnebago County, Illinois. It was in force for 21 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Sep 12, 1991, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 1991, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ogle County, IL, Winnebago County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 459 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1991-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1991-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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