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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 8, 19954 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 8:03 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 8:03 AM CDT (13:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Sangamon County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 414 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 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
414 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-381 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 081304 RRA
SVRSPI
ILC017-021-137-167-081345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
803 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...CASS COUNTY...CHRISTIAN COUNTY...MORGAN COUNTY
   ...SANGAMON COUNTY
 
AT 800 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...NEAR BEARDSTOWN TO 50 MILES
SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...10 MILES WEST OF NOKOMIS.
 
THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE `STORMS ARE
VIRGINIA...ALEXANDER...SPRINGFIELD...AND TAYLORVILLE.
 
 
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN
ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.
$$
 
 
PEARSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan49 min
Jun 8, 8:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason34 min
Jun 8, 8:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Sangamon45 min
Jun 8, 9:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Macon, Shelby50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.