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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 17, 1996Clark County, Cumberland County, Jasper County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1996, 6:57 PM CDT for Clark County, Cumberland County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 1996, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 1996, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Clark County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Jasper County, IL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 17, 7:22 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville, IL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 17, 2:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 2:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon	44 min
Jun 17, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan	39 min
Jun 17, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean	26 min
Jun 17, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Shelby	38 min
Jun 17, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper	36 min
Jun 17, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	48 min
Jun 17, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar, Vermilion	43 min
Jun 17, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford	33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.