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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 19, 1994Stephenson County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1994, 3:31 PM CDT for Stephenson County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1994, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1994, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Stephenson County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 268 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1994-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1994-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-245 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KRFD 192031 RRA
SVRRFD
ILC177-192100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
331 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      NORTHERN STEPHENSON

AT 329 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM ALONG THE ILLINOIS
WISCONSIN BORDER. THE STORM WAS NORTH OF WINSLOW AND MOVING TO THE
EAST AROUND 25 MPH.

SOME COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
ORANGEVILLE AND ROCK CITY.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE OUT OF AREAS THAT ARE
PRONE TO FLOODING AND TAKE SHELTER.  DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IS IMMINENT! REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN ALSO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING!

PETROVICH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXBoone, DeKalb, Ogle, Winnebago45 min
Aug 18, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXBoone, Winnebago40 min
Aug 19, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXWinnebago52 min
Aug 19, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXJo Daviess52 min
Aug 19, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningILXStephenson, Winnebago42 min
Aug 19, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCarroll, Ogle44 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.