Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Lincoln, IL
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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.
- 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
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
STUMETZLocal 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
STUMETZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 63 min |
| Jul 27, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 65 min |
| Jul 27, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Stark | 66 min |
| Jul 27, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 61 min |
| Jul 27, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall | 60 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.