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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 4, 1995Fulton County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 7:46 AM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 7:46 AM CDT (12:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Fulton County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1110 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 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 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
1110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KPIA 041247 RRA
SVRPIA
ILC057-041330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
746 AM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY
 
AT 745 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTH
CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME COMMUNITIES IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE LEWISTOWN...BRYANT...AND CANTON.
 
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
 
STUMETZ

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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.