Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1995, 7:14 PM CDT for Mason County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1995, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mason County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 685 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIA 250017 RRA SVRPIA ILC125-250045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 714 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...MASON COUNTY AT 715 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF HAVANA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWN OF HAVANA BY 730 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 24, 1:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 145 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 1995 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON WILL DRIFT SLOWLY WEST. MOST ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE BUT MAY PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...WINDS BETWEEN 40 TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND FOR WARNINGS WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED. STUMETZ
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 145 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 1995 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON WILL DRIFT SLOWLY WEST. MOST ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE BUT MAY PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...WINDS BETWEEN 40 TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND FOR WARNINGS WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED. STUMETZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 38 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.