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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 8, 1995Knox County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1995, 1:25 PM CDT for Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1995, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1995, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Knox County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 KPIA 081826 RRA
SVRPIA
ILC095-081900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
125 PM CDT TUE AUG 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...KNOX COUNTY
 
AT 124 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN KNOX
COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE
TOWNS OF VICTORIA...APPLETON AND WILLIAMSFIELD.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! STAY INDOORS, AWAY FROM WINDOWS! LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY.
 
 
RHEINECKER

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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.