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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 10, 1995Knox County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1995, 10:14 AM CDT for Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 22 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1995, 10:14 AM CDT (15:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1995, 10:36 AM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Knox County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 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 1995-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
396 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 101513 RRA
SVRPIA
ILC095-101600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
1014 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...KNOX COUNTY
 
AT 1013 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN KNOX
COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. TOWNS IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MAQUON AND DOUGLAS.
 
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. STAY INDOORS, AWAY FROM
WINDOWS!
 
HUNTER

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, Apr 10, 5:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
ILZ036-101200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
520 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995

...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR FULTON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS FULTON COUNTY THIS MORNING...DIMINISHING
THE CHANCE FOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA.

HUNTER
Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
707 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995

...STORM REPORTS FROM EARLY THIS MORNING...MONDAY APRIL 10 1995...

TIME (CDT)     COUNTY     EVENT

136 AM         FULTON     1" HAIL 2 MILES WEST OF NORRIS. REPORTED
                          BY A TRAINED SPOTTER.

312 AM         FULTON     1" HAIL 2 MILES WEST OF NORRIS. REPORTED
                          BY A TRAINED SPOTTER.

405 AM         FULTON     1" HAIL 2 MILES NORTH OF THE PRISON ON THE
                          NW SIDE OF CANTON. REPORTED BY A TRAINED
                          SPOTTER.

HUNTER/WATERHOUSE
Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
707 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995

...STORM REPORTS FROM EARLY THIS MORNING...MONDAY APRIL 10 1995...

TIME (CDT)     COUNTY     EVENT

136 AM         FULTON     1" HAIL 2 MILES WEST OF NORRIS. REPORTED
                          BY A TRAINED SPOTTER.

312 AM         FULTON     1" HAIL 2 MILES WEST OF NORRIS. REPORTED
                          BY A TRAINED SPOTTER.

405 AM         FULTON     1" HAIL 2 MILES NORTH OF THE PRISON ON THE
                          NW SIDE OF CANTON. REPORTED BY A TRAINED
                          SPOTTER.

HUNTER/WATERHOUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler44 min
Apr 9, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason47 min
Apr 9, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan38 min
Apr 10, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton43 min
Apr 10, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton49 min
Apr 10, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton58 min
Apr 10, 5:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler61 min
Apr 10, 5:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign54 min
Apr 10, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan45 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.