Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1995, 8:20 PM CDT for Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1995, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Edgar County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 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
- 907 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSPI 280121 SVRSPI ILC045-280145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 820 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...EDGAR COUNTY AT 8 20 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PARIS...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRA HAUTE INDIANA. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 3/4 INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS. TAKE SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LIGHTNING KILLS...SO STAY AWAY FROM TELEPHONES. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM6 MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. $$ PEARSON &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 46 min |
| May 27, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Stark | 44 min |
| May 27, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason | 68 min |
| May 27, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 26 min |
| May 27, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 46 min |
| May 27, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 47 min |
| May 27, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon, Sangamon | 43 min |
| May 27, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 41 min |
| May 27, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell | 53 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.