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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 23, 1995DeWitt County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1995, 2:25 PM CDT for DeWitt County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1995, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1995, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County DeWitt County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 1995-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1329 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 1995-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1081 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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 
WUUS1 KSPI 231925 RRA
SVRSPI
ILC039-232000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
225 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...SOUTHERN DE WITT COUNTY
 
AT 223 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF DECATUR...NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PIATT...MACON...
AND DE WITT COUNTIES. THIS STORM IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
 
THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN DE WITT COUNTY
THROUGH 3 PM...MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 10.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN TREES AND
DAMAGING ROOFS AND WINDOWS. GET INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE.
$$
 
GEELHART

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

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 11:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-231840-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
1135 AM CDT FRI JUN 23 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

RADAR WAS SHOWING SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION.  ONE WAS IN
TAZEWELL COUNTY BETWEEN PEKIN AND MORTON AND ANOTHER IN KNOX COUNTY
NEAR ABINGDON.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER
CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY SLOW DRIFT WEST IN THESE
STORMS WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. ALL WILL BRING
FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. SOME SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE.

NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON...HOWEVER...IF ANY SHOULD OCCUR...STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STUMETZ
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 11:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-231840-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
1135 AM CDT FRI JUN 23 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

RADAR WAS SHOWING SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION.  ONE WAS IN
TAZEWELL COUNTY BETWEEN PEKIN AND MORTON AND ANOTHER IN KNOX COUNTY
NEAR ABINGDON.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER
CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY SLOW DRIFT WEST IN THESE
STORMS WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. ALL WILL BRING
FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. SOME SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE.

NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON...HOWEVER...IF ANY SHOULD OCCUR...STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STUMETZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Menard36 min
Jun 23, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason, Tazewell44 min
Jun 23, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon46 min
Jun 23, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean47 min
Jun 23, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Piatt41 min
Jun 23, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXShelby42 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.