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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 29, 1996, 5:47 PM CST for Moultrie County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 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
- Oct 29, 1996, 5:47 PM CST (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 1996, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Oct 29, 2:14 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 2:14 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Oct 29, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 34 min |
| Oct 29, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 34 min |
| Oct 29, 4:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 38 min |
| Oct 29, 4:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Tazewell, Woodford | 38 min |
| Oct 29, 5:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 65 min |
| Oct 29, 5:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 65 min |
| Oct 29, 5:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 65 min |
| Oct 29, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.