Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1995, 6:14 PM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1995, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County McLean County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 WUUS1 KPIA 202314 RRA SVRPIA ILC113-210015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 614 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...SOUTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY RADAR AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF MCLEAN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 20 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE...BELLFLOWER...LE ROY...HEYWORTH...AND MCLEAN. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
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, 4 hours 36 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, 4 hours 34 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, 4 hours 30 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, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 40 min |
| 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, 6:19 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.