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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 28, 1995Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1995, 6:02 PM CDT for Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1995, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Shelby County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 1995-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 160 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 1995-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 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 KSPI 282304 RRA
SVRSPI
ILC173-282345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
602 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 600 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF TAYLORVILLE...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PANA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO
THE EAST NOTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE TOWER HILL...SHELBYVILLE AND
WINDSOR.
 
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.
$$
 
AUTEN

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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.