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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 23, 1995McLean County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1995, 3:26 PM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1995, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1995, 4:13 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County McLean County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 
TTAA00 KPIA 232029 RRA
SVRPIA
ILC113-232130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
326 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...MCLEAN COUNTY
 
AT 327 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MCLEAN
COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS
OF COVELL AND SHIRLEY BY 400 PM CDT.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! STAY INDOORS, AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
 
HUNTER

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, 3 hours 51 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, 3 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, 2:49 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-232150-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
249 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 1995

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS
MAINLY EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY
PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AN LOCALLY HEAVY  RAINFALL.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS
THIS AFTERNOON.

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, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt35 min
Jun 23, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon46 min
Jun 23, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Piatt41 min
Jun 23, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXShelby42 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.