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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 9, 1995Mason County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1995, 11:43 PM CDT for Mason County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 1995, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1995, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Mason County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 1995-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
425 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 100442 RRA
SVRPIA
ILC125-100530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
1143 PM CDT SUN APR 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...MASON COUNTY
 
AT 1140 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN
MASON COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME
COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE POPLAR CITY AND EASTON.
 
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, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler44 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

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.