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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 8, 1995Mason County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 8:26 AM CDT for Mason County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 8:26 AM CDT (13:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Mason County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 KPIA 081329 RRA
SVRPIA
ILC125-081400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
826 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...SOUTH CENTRAL MASON COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF BATH IN
SOUTHWEST MASON COUNTYN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM INCLUDE POLAR CITY...AND BIGGS.
 
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
 
STUMETZ

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, 8:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Christian, Morgan, Sangamon42 min
Jun 8, 8:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Sangamon45 min
Jun 8, 9:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Macon, Shelby50 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.