Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1995, 4:50 PM CDT for DeWitt County, Logan County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1995, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeWitt County, IL, Logan County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 694 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSPI 202151 RRA SVRSPI ILC039-107-202230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 450 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...SOUTHWESTERN DE WITT COUNTY...SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY RADAR AT 445 PM CDT INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES NORTH OF DECATUR...12 MILES NORTHEAST OF MT PULASKI. THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH MT PULASKI. OTHER TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE KENNEY AND CHESTNUT. TAKE SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LIGHTNING KILLS...SO STAY AWAY FROM TELEPHONES. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. $$ SKIPPER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
ILZ042>048-050>057-061>063-202330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 140 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 1995 ...HEAT INDEX VALUES REACH 100 ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAVE REACHED THE MID 90S. THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOW 40S...WILL PUSH THE HEAT INDEX TO AROUND 100. HEAT INDICIES FROM 90 TO 105 ARE IN A CATEGORY SUCH THAT INDIVIDUALS SHOULD USE EXTREME WHEN OUTSIDE. SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS AND HEAT EXHAUSTION ARE POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS WHEN WORKING OR PLAYING OUTDOORS. AUTEN
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
ILZ042>048-050>057-061>063-202330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 140 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 1995 ...HEAT INDEX VALUES REACH 100 ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON... TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAVE REACHED THE MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON. THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMDITIES IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOW 40S...WILL PUSH THE HEAT INDEX TO AROUND 100. HEAT INDICIES FROM 90 TO 105 ARE IN A CATEGORY SUCH THAT INDIVIDUALS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTSIDE. SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS AND HEAT EXHAUSTION ARE POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS WHEN WORKING OR PLAYING OUTDOORS. AUTEN
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
ILZ042>048-050>057-061>063-202330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 140 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 1995 ...HEAT INDEX VALUES REACH 100 ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON... TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAVE REACHED THE MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON. THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMDITIES IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOW 40S...WILL PUSH THE HEAT INDEX TO AROUND 100. HEAT INDICIES FROM 90 TO 105 ARE IN A CATEGORY SUCH THAT INDIVIDUALS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTSIDE. SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS AND HEAT EXHAUSTION ARE POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS WHEN WORKING OR PLAYING OUTDOORS. AUTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Menard | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 48 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.