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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 9, 1995Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1995, 10:46 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 1995, 10:46 PM CDT (03:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Schuyler County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1995-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1995-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
622 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KPIA 100346 RRA
SVRPIA
ILC169-100430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
1046 PM CDT SUN APR 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...SCHUYLER COUNTY
 
AT 1043 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING WESTERN
SCHUYLER COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.
SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STROM INCLUDE CAMDEN...LITTLETON...AND
RUSHVILLE.
 
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. STAY INDOORS, AWAY FROM
WINDOWS!
 
WATERHOUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason47 min
Apr 9, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan38 min
Apr 10, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton43 min
Apr 10, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton49 min
Apr 10, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton58 min
Apr 10, 5:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler61 min
Apr 10, 5:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign54 min
Apr 10, 10:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox22 min
Apr 10, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan45 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.