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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 10, 1995Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 3:59 AM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1995, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1995, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 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 1995-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1280 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KSPI 100859 RRA
SVRSPI
ILC183-100930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
359 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...VERMILION COUNTY
 
AT 355 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DANVILLE...30 MILES EAST OF CHAMPAIGN/URBANA AND ANOTHER SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE...NEAR JAMAICA.
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE DANVILLE...WESTVILLE...AND
GEORGETOWN.
 
 
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 10, 2:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMcLean2 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.