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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 28, 1995Edgar County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1995, 1:23 AM CDT for Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 1995, 1:23 AM CDT (06:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1995, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Edgar County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 90 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1995-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2794 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1995-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 280625 RRA
SVRSPI
ILC045-280715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
123 AM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...EDGAR COUNTY
 
RADAR AT 119 PM CDT INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE DOUGLAS
EDGAR COUNTY LINE 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAMPAIGN NEAR BROCTON. THE
SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO
THREATEN THE CITY OF PARIS AND TOWNS OF REDMON AND GARLAND.
 
TAKE SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LIGHTNING2 KILLS...SO STAY AWAY FROM TELEPHONES. REMEMBER...A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.
$$
 
 
SKIPPER

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 27, 10:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
ILZ027-028-036-280335-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
1025 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995

...THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

TORNADO WATCH #870 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR FULTON...KNOX...AND STARK
COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE
IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS THAT AREA.

WATERHOUSE
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 11:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
ILZ027-028-036-280500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
1120 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995

...THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

TORNADO WATCH #872 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS
ENDED ACROSS THE AREA.

RHEINECKER
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 11:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
ILZ027-028-036-280500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
1120 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995

...THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

TORNADO WATCH #872 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS
ENDED ACROSS THE AREA.

RHEINECKER
Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:15 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
115 AM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

2114       MOSSVILLE   IL      GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
07/27/95   PEORIA              PUBLIC.

2225       SPARLAND    IL      FOUR POLES DOWN. TREE DOWN.
07/25/95   MARSHALL            NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN.

2225       LACON       IL      SMALL LIMBS DOWN.
07/27/95   MARSHALL

STUMETZ
Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:17 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
115 AM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

2114       MOSSVILLE   IL      GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
07/27/95   PEORIA              PUBLIC.

2225       SPARLAND    IL      FOUR POLES DOWN. TREE DOWN.
07/25/95   MARSHALL            NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN.

2225       LACON       IL      SMALL jLIMBS DOWN.
07/27/95   MARSHALL

STUMETZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox47 min
Jul 27, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria63 min
Jul 27, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox60 min
Jul 27, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria65 min
Jul 27, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford60 min
Jul 27, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningILXStark66 min
Jul 27, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton62 min
Jul 27, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford61 min
Jul 27, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.