Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

May 27, 1996, 4:27 AM CDT (09:27 UTC)

Expired

May 27, 1996, 5:30 AM CDT

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Whole counties

Counties DeWitt County, IL, Logan County, IL, McLean County, IL

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KSPI 270929
SVRSPI
ILC039-107-113-271030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
427 AM CDT MON MAY 27 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...DE WITT COUNTY...EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY...MC LEAN COUNTY
 
AT 425 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN
EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY MOVING INTO DEWITT AND SOUTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY JUST
EAST OF LINCOLN. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE LINE WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF ATLANTA...CLINTON...BLOOMINGTON
AND LE ROY.
 
 
THIS STORM IS@ CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. TAKE SHELTER
IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
$$
 
FRIEDERS

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 27, 1:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
155 AM CDT MON MAY 27 1996

LINE OF TRWS WITH BOW STRUCTURE HEADING FOR IL.  PLAN VIEW OF THE 850
PROFILERS SHOWS LLJ IS PUNCHING INTO REAR OF BOW STRUCTURE AIDING THE
TRW DEVELOPMENT. LOOK AT THE WINCHESTER PROFILER SHOWS SOME NICE VEERING
WITH HEIGHT. WW JUST ISSUED FOR WRN IL SO LOOKS LIKE A LONG MORNING.
PRCP WATER VALUES CONT TO BE HIGH SO HVY RAINFALL IS STILL A GOOD
POSSIBLITY. SHORT LOOK AT THE MODELS SHOW THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD
AGREEMENT WITH UPR LOW PULLING NE OUT OF THE PLAINS WITH GOOD UVV AND
GREAT VEERING WITH HGT FOR MON AFTRNN AND TUE. MDT RISK LOOKS WARANTED
FOR IL AS DYNMICS COMING TOGETHER . NO MORE TIME FOR DISC AS THINGS ARE
GOING TO GET INTERESTING AROUND HERE SHORTLY.  FWC NUMBRS LOOK TOO WRM
SO WENT WITH COOLER FAN NUMBERS WHICH HAVE BEEN CLOSE THE LAST COUPLE
OF DAYS.

PIA    63/52  +8
SPI    67/55  +8
DEC    65/56  +8
CMI    65/55  +8
SE IL  67/58  58

KETCHAM

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.