Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1995, 7:18 PM CDT for Douglas County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1995, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Douglas County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 1146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 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 210020 RRA SVRSPI ILC041-210045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 718 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY AT 718 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN...AND WAS MOVING WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR TUSCOLA...GARRETT...AND ARCOLA SHOULD BE PREPARED AS THE STORM APPROACHES. MARBLE-SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE CHAMPAIGN AIRPORT AROUND 645 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. $$ GEELHART &
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, 5 hours 40 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, 5 hours 38 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, 5 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland | 52 min |
| Jun 21, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 66 min |
| Jun 21, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 28 min |
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.