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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 21, 1995Mason County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 8:19 PM CDT for Mason County, Illinois. It was in force for 56 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1995, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Mason County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 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 1995-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2411 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
2411 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 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 
TTAA00 KPIA 220131 RRA
SVRPIA
ILC125-220215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
819 PM CDT WED JUN 21 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

   ...MASON COUNTY

AT 815PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED JUST WEST OF
SAN JOSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE
STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR.  TOWNS IN
THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE MASON CITY...MANITO AND HAVANA.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

KETCHAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell44 min
Jun 21, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan48 min
Jun 21, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Menard50 min
Jun 21, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon45 min
Jun 21, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan58 min
Jun 21, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard39 min
Jun 21, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler28 min
Jun 21, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan15 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.