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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 25, 1995Fulton County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 4:33 PM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 17 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1995, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1995, 4:50 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Fulton County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-23 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 KPIA 252134 RRA
SVRPIA
ILC125-057-252215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
433 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...WESTERN MASON COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...EASTERN FULTON COUNTY
 
AT 430 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EASTERN FULTON COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF ENION AND SEPO. THIS STORM
IS MOVING EAST INTO WESTERN MASON COUNTY AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF
HAVANA...POPLAR CITY AND TOPEKA.
 
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
 
STUMETZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler42 min
Jul 25, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass45 min
Jul 25, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason27 min
Jul 25, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason29 min
Jul 25, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon68 min
Jul 25, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Menard44 min
Jul 25, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian67 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.