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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 16, 1995Tazewell County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1995, 4:25 PM CDT for Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 1995, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Tazewell County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 1995-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2060 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 1995-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
2060 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KPIA 162128 RRA
SVRPIA
ILC179-162215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
425 PM CDT SUN JUL 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...SOUTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY
 
AT 425 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH
SOUTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDED
DELAVAN...HOPEDALE...AND ARMINGTON.
 
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
 
WATERHOUSE

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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.