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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 21, 1995Coles County, Cumberland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 6:08 PM CDT for Coles County, Cumberland County, Illinois. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1995, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 497 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
497 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-263 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KSPI 212308 RRA
SVRSPI
ILC029-035-220000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
608 PM CDT WED JUN 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...COLES COUNTY...CUMBERLAND COUNTY
 
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN COLES COUNTY AT 606 PM
CDT. AT LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST
AT 30 MPH.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN
ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.
$$
 
SKIPPER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell44 min
Jun 20, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDouglas27 min
Jun 20, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian30 min
Jun 20, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDouglas, Moultrie40 min
Jun 20, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes42 min
Jun 20, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDouglas49 min
Jun 20, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar41 min
Jun 21, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar55 min
Jun 21, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie, Shelby53 min
Jun 21, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria36 min
Jun 21, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean, Woodford66 min
Jun 21, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXShelby28 min

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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.