Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 5:37 PM CDT for Carroll County, Illinois. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1995, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carroll County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMLI 252239 COR SVRMLI ILC015-252345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 537 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES IA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS ...CARROLL COUNTY AT 534 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AT MOUNT CARROL. THIS STORM HAS DEVELOPED VERY RAPIDLY OVER THE PAST 15 TO 20 MINUTES AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR LANARK BY 550 PM AND SHANNON NEAR 6 PM. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! ZOGG/HIRSCH
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
Local storm report, Jul 25, 3:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
350 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995
...PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT FOR TUESDAY /JULY 24 1995/...
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE(CDT) ....COUNTY LOCATION....
326 PM PLYMOUTH IL TREES DOWN AND BUILDING WITH
07/25/95 HANCOCK ROOF BLOWN OFF. WINDS EST.
AT 55 TO 60 MPH. PEA SIZE
HAIL. (FROM SPOTTER)
345 PM PLYMOUTH IL SOME LARGE TREES DOWN. BLDG
07/25/95 HANCOCK WITH ROOF BLOWN OFF. (SAME AS
ABOVE) IN ADDITION, WINDOWS
BLOWN OUT IN DIFFERENT BLDG.
(REPORTED BY CARTHAGE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.)
DICKEY
DICKEYLocal storm report, Jul 25, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
350 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995
...PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT FOR TUESDAY /JULY 24 1995/...
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE(CDT) ....COUNTY LOCATION....
326 PM PLYMOUTH IL TREES DOWN AND BUILDING WITH
07/25/95 HANCOCK ROOF BLOWN OFF. WINDS EST.
AT 55 TO 60 MPH. PEA SIZE
HAIL. (FROM SPOTTER)
345 PM PLYMOUTH IL SOME LARGE TREES DOWN. BLDG
07/25/95 HANCOCK WITH ROOF BLOWN OFF. (SAME AS
ABOVE) IN ADDITION, WINDOWS
BLOWN OUT IN DIFFERENT BLDG.
(REPORTED BY CARTHAGE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.)
DICKEY
DICKEYSpecial weather statement, Jul 25, 5:00 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
ILZ025-026-034-035-260345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 500 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #851 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #851 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING ILLINOIS COUNTIES... HENDERSON... WARREN... HANCOCK... MC DONOUGH. THIS WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR STORMS WHICH ARE DEVELOPING IN A VERY WARM AND MOIST ENVIRONMENT ACROSS ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS IOWA AND NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING AND GIVE INCREASED STRENGTH TO ANY THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS IN THE WATCH AREA MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS... WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. HIRSCH
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 5:24 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
IAZ052-252330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 524 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 AT 520 PM...A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING THE CEDAR RAPIDS AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MANCHESTER TO MARENGO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED UPWARDS OF TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN LINN COUNTY...AND BRING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO THE CEDAR RAPIDS AND MARION AREAS BY 540 PM AND LAST THROUGH 630 PM. HLADIK
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 5:25 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
IAZ052-252330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 524 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 AT 520 PM...A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING THE CEDAR RAPIDS AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MANCHESTER TO MARENGO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED UPWARDS OF TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN LINN COUNTY...AND BRING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ANdD BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO THE CEDAR RAPIDS AND MARION AREAS BY 540 PM AND LAST THROUGH 630 PM. HLADIK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 66 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.