Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 10:24 PM CDT for Mercer County, Illinois. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1995, 10:24 PM CDT (03:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mercer County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 508 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 260325 RRA SVRMLI ILC131-260430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1024 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES IA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS ...MERCER COUNTY AT 10:25PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF MILLERSBURG IN MERCER COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF ALEDO..GINGLE CORNERS..AND SHALE CITY WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. MOVEMENT WAS TO EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FR0OM WINDOWS! HOLSTEN
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 25, 5:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 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, 5 hours 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, 4 hours 59 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
Local storm report, Jul 25, 6:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
655 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995
...PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT FOR TUESDAY /JULY 25 1995/...
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE(CDT) ....COUNTY LOCATION....
530 PM MOUNT CARROLL IL DIME SIZED HAIL. 3/4 INCH
07/25/95 CARROLL DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWNED.
540 PM MOUNT CARROLL IL DIME SIZED HAIL. 3/4 INCH
07/25/95 CARROLL DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWNED.
(REPORTED BY SPOTTER)
ZOGGLocal storm report, Jul 25, 6:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
655 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995
...PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT FOR TUESDAY /JULY 25 1995/...
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE(CDT) ....COUNTY LOCATION....
530 PM MOUNT CARROLL IL DIME SIZED HAIL. 3/4 INCH
07/25/95 CARROLL DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWNED.
540 PM MOUNT CARROLL IL DIME SIZED HAIL. 3/4 INCH
07/25/95 CARROLL DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWNED.
(REPORTED BY SPOTTER)
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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.