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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 23, 1995Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1995, 7:38 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1995, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1995, 8:12 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Vermilion County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 1995-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1508 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 1995-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
1508 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1355 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 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 240038 RRA
SVRSPI
ILC183-240125-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
738 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 825 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

   ...SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY
 

RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF DANVILLE AT 733
PM CDT.  THE STORM WAS MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH AND IS EXPECTEDTO MOVE
ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF I-74 FROM DANVILLEL TO OAKWOOD.
 
TAKE SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LIGHTNING KILLS...SO STAY AWAY FROM TELEPHONES. REMEMBER...A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.
$$
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

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 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

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.