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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Quad Cities, IA

August 8, 1995Henderson County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1995, 12:41 PM CDT for Henderson County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1995, 12:41 PM CDT (17:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1995, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Henderson County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 96 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1097 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
1097 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMLI 081742 RRA
SVRMLI
ILC071-081830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1241 PM CDT TUE AUG 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES IA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...HENDERSON COUNTY
 
AT 12:40PM..DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO
WESTERN HhENDERSON COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF CARMAN AND CARTHAGE LAKE.
WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT AND TREES DOWN IN THE CITY OF BURLINGTON.
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
 
HOLSTEN
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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.