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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 4, 1995Stark County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 11:01 PM CDT for Stark County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 1995, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 1995, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Whole counties

County Stark County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 403 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1293 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 050403 RRA
SVRPIA
ILC175-050445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
1101 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...STARK COUNTY
 
AT 1101 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN STARK COUNTY.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF
ELMIRA AND OSCEOLA BY 1115 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

Local storm report, Jul 4, 5:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
555 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995

TIME (CDT) ...CITY/LOCATION...       ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE       ...COUNTY LOCATION...

1015 AM    FORSYTH                   IL   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/95   MACON                          LARGE TREE AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. SUN ROOM ADDITION TO
                                          A HOUSE DESTROYED...AND MINOR
                                          ROOF DAMAGE TO SAME HOUSE.
                                          60 MPH WINDS AND 1/2 INCH
                                          DIAMETER HAIL ALSO REPORTED.
                                          REPORTED BY ESDA

1025 AM    ARGENTA                   IL   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/95   MACON                          TENT BLOWN AGAINST A POWER
                                          LINE. TIME ESTIMATED;
                                          REPORTED BY ESDA

GEELHART

Local storm report, Jul 4, 5:58 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
555 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995

TIME (CDT) ...CITY/LOCATION...       ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE       ...COUNTY LOCATION...

1015 AM    FORSYTH                   IL   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/95   MACON                          LARGE TREE AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. SUN ROOM ADDITION TO
                                          A HOUSE DESTROYED...AND MINOR
                                          ROOF DAMAGE TO SAME HOUSE.
                                          60 MPH WINDS AND 1/2 INCH
                                          DIAMETER HAIL ALSO REPORTED.
                                          REPORTED BY ESDA

1025 AM    ARGENTA                   IL   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/95   MACON                          TENT BLOWN AGAINST A POWER
                                          LINE. TIME ESTIMATED;
                                 L         REPORTED BY ESDA

GEELHART

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

ILZ050>054-061-050000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
640 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING...
SO EVENING HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES SHOULD NOT ENCOUNTER ANY PROBLEMS.
HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
AFTERWARD...DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

GEELHART

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	46 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.