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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 9, 1995Tazewell County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1995, 8:34 PM CDT for Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 1995, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1995, 9:20 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Tazewell County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 1995-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4119 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
4119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1074 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 100136 RRA
SVRPIA
ILC179-100230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
834 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...TAZEWELL COUNTY
 
AT 834 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO
NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
MORTON...WASHINGTON...AND PEKIN.
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
 
WATERHOUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox, Stark57 min
Aug 9, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria57 min
Aug 9, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon54 min
Aug 9, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Menard49 min

Nearby

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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.