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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 9, 1995Cumberland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1995, 4:45 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 1995, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Cumberland County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3029 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
3029 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KSPI 092148 RRA
SVRSPI
ILC035-092230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
445 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...CUMBERLAND COUNTY
 
AT 444 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 40 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA...JUST EAST OF GREENUP.
 
THE STORM WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH AND SHOULD
AFFECT GREENUP...TOLEDO AND HAZEL DELL.
 
TAKE SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LIGHTNING KILLS...SO STAY AWAY FROM TELEPHONES. REMEMBER...A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.
 
$$
BYRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Edgar44 min
Aug 9, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Cumberland40 min
Aug 9, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion35 min
Aug 9, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Douglas41 min
Aug 9, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion35 min
Aug 9, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean61 min

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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.