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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 24, 1995Richland County, Wayne County, Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1995, 2:35 PM CDT for Richland County, Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1995, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1995, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Richland County, IL, Wayne County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 1995-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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 1995-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-217 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 241937
SVREVV
ILC159-191-242015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
235 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
 
   ...RICHLAND COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 235 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR FAIRFIELD
ILLINOIS...ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE. THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL REACH OLNEY
ILLINOIS BEFORE 3 PM CDT. TAKE COVER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
JZ

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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.