Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Lincoln, IL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 8:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Christian, Morgan, Sangamon | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 9:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Macon, Shelby | 50 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.