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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 7, 1996Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1996, 7:19 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 56 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: Aug 7, 1996, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 1996, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Whole counties

County Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 7, 7:20 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Henning, 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 Aug 7, 2:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 2:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
200 PM CDT WED AUG 7 1996

QUESTION IS NOW WHEN THE STORMS WILL DVLP.  AT 18Z SFC FRNT XTNDED FRM
CNTRL WI TO ERN IA TO NCNTRL MO.  FRNT MOVG INTO AIR MASS W/ 2000 TO
400 CAPES AND NO REAL CAP...UNLESS I'M MISSING IT.  LI LESS THAN -10.
AGAIN...AS THIS AM...MAIN PROB IS UP LVL DYNAMICS AND WEAK SHR. HOWEVER
BLV HIGH INSTABILITY WIL MAKE UP FOR LACK OF GOOD SHR.  WBZ ON DVN 18Z
SOUNDING AT 11 KFT.  PLUS W/ DWPTS IN THE MID 70S...SVR HAIL MAY BE A
PROB...HOWEVER W/ HIGH INSTAB...NOT OUT OF QUEST.  MAIN THREAT WL BE
WIND DAMAGE AS MID LVLS RELATIVELY DRY.  BLV CHC FOR PCPN STILL GOOD
FOR TON AS FRNT MOVS INTO CWA.  ALSO STILL LIKE 70 OR HIGHER POPS. WNDS
SHLD REMAIN SW TON UNTIL FRNT PASSES AROUND MIDNIGHT ACROSS MOST OF FA.
IF STORMS ACT LIKE LAST NIGHT...SHLD END ARND 2 HRS AFT FRNT
PASSES...ALLOWING TEMPS TO FALL TO MID TO UPPER 60S.  COULD BE SOME
LINGERING RWS IN ECNTRL IN FAM SO LOW POPS GOOD IDEA...EVEN IN SE.
CONDITIONS TOM SHLD BE COOLER AND DRIER...GIVING A BREAK IN THE HOT AND
HUMID WX.

PIA   66/87  70
SPI   69/88  70
DEC   69/87  70
CMI   71/86  73
SEIL  72/89  65

AUTEN

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.