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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 19, 1996Lawrence County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1996, 5:13 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 1996, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1996, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 1996-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2521 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 1996-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
2521 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 Jul 19, 2:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 2:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
207 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 1996

SFC ANAL AND SAT SHOWS COOL FRONT FROM JUST SOUTH UIN TO JUST SOUTH OF
SPI TO HUF. JUICY DWPTS POOLING ALONG THE FRONT AND SFC MOIST CONVG
HAS LEAD TO SOME TSRA POPPING UP ALONG INTERSTATE 72. ADDED FORCING
FROM THE FRONT HAS HELPED BREAK THE CAP. DWPTS FALLING OFF BEHIND THE
FRONT WITH PIA DWPT DROPPING TO 70. EXPECT FRONT TO CONT TO MAKE SWRD
PROGRESSION AS GOOD PRESS RISES NOTED ACROSS NRN IL AND WI. SC FIELD IN
COOLER AIR CONTS TO MAKE SLOW SWRD PROGRESSION ACROSS NRN HLF OF IL.
MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN SAGGING FRONT WAY SOUTH WITH COOLER AIR
SETTLING IN FOR ANOTHER VISIT AS SFC RIDGE MOVES ACROSS THE GRT LKS
RGN.  PROBLEM TONGHT IS CLOUDS AND HOW FAR TEMPS WILL FALL. TIME X-SECS
KEEP LOW LVL MOISTURE HIGH SO FEEL THAT SC WILL STAY AROUND OVERNIGHT.
LOW CLOUDS WILL HELP KEEP LOW TEMPS IN CHCK WITH GOING ZONES HANDLING
THIS WELL.

PIA  6X5/81  00
SPI  66/84  40
DEC  66/84  20
CMI  64/81  00
SEIL 67/85  60

KETCHAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Jasper, Richland54 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.