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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 21, 1995Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 9:47 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1995, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1995, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Schuyler County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1995-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1212 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1995-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
1212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 220251 RRA
SVRPIA
ILC169-220315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
947 PM CDT WED JUN 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...SOUTHERN SCHUYLER COUNTY
 
AT 945...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSHVILLE. HIGH WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 6MILES AN HOUR CAN EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TOWNS IN THE
PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE RUSHVILLE AND ERWIN.
 
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
 
BK

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

Local storm report, Jun 21, 9:38 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
938 PM CDT WED JUN 21 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1905       DELAVAN                   IL  3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED
06/21/95   TAZEWELL                      BY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

1946       DELAVAN                   IL  6 TO 12 INCH TREE LIMBS
06/21/95   TAZEWELL                      DOWN. REPORTED BY ESDA.

2213       FARMINGTON                IL  MOBILE HOME BLOWN ACROSS
06/21/95   FULTON                        THE STREET. REPORTED BY
                                         POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WATERHOUSE
Local storm report, Jun 21, 9:39 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
938 PM CDT WED JUN 21 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1905       DELAVAN                   IL  3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED
06/21/95   TAZEWELL                      BY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

1946       DELAVAN                   IL  6 TO 12 INCH TREE LIMBS
06/21/95   TAZEWELL                      DOWN. REPORTED BY ESDA.
"
2213       FARMINGTON                IL  MOBILE HOME BLOWN ACROSS
06/21/95   FULTON                        THE STREET. REPORTED BY
                                         POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WATERHOUSE

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, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason56 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, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan15 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.