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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 22, 1995Moultrie County, Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1995, 12:46 PM CDT for Moultrie County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 1995, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1995, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 1995-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1272 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 1995-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
1272 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 221748 RRA
SVRSPI
ILC021-173-139-221830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
1246 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...EASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY...NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...WESTERN MOULTRIE COUNTY
 
AT 1245 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN LINCOLN SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS EASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY...25 TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DECATUR
BETWEEN STONINGTON AND ASSUMPTION.
 
THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THEY WILL AFFECT PRIMARILY RURAL
AREAS OF NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY...AND MOVE INTO WESTERN MOULTRIE COUNTY
BY 115 PM.
 
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS...CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN TREES AND
DAMAGING ROOFS AND WINDOWS. GET INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
$$
 
GEELHARTH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Shelby35 min
Jul 22, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian27 min
Jul 22, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland, Moultrie47 min
Jul 22, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland42 min
Jul 22, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Edgar52 min

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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.