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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 27, 1995Edgar County, Illinois

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 907 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 278 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton46 min
May 27, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningILXStark44 min
May 27, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason68 min
May 27, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Macon26 min
May 27, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria46 min
May 27, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton47 min
May 27, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon, Sangamon43 min
May 27, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXShelby41 min
May 27, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean, Tazewell53 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.