Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 10:01 PM CDT for Cass County, Morgan County, Illinois. It was in force for 15 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1995, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1995, 10:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cass County, IL, Morgan County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSPI 220301 RRA SVRSPI ILC017-137-220330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1001 PM CDT WED JUN 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...WESTERN CASS COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE WEST OF A JACKSONVILLE...PETERSBURG LINE AT 959 PM. THE SEVERE STORMS WERE MOVING WEST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER BY 1030 PM. THE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. $$ SKIPPER
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, 23 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.
WATERHOUSELocal storm report, Jun 21, 9:39 PM CDT, 22 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.
WATERHOUSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 28 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.