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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Chicago, IL

July 2, 1993Cook County, Kane County, McHenry County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1993, 6:55 PM CDT for Cook County, Kane County, McHenry County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1993, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cook County, IL, Kane County, IL, McHenry County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 411 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1993-07-02Temperature 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1993-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTFord, Livingston44 min
Jul 2, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTIroquois, Kankakee37 min
Jul 2, 2:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTCook, Will4 hr
Jul 2, 2:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTGrundy4 hr

Nearby

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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.