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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Chicago, IL

September 4, 2006Lee County, Ogle County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2006, 2:56 PM CDT for Lee County, Ogle County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 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
Sep 4, 2006, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2006, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lee County, IL, Ogle County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2006-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2006-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1197 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 4, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 4:30 AM CDT, 10 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
430 AM CDT MON SEP 4 2006

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-
019-050930-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DU PAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
430 AM CDT MON SEP 4 2006

THIS PORTION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

WE ARE EXPECTING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORM MAY BE
SEVERE. THE BIGGEST THREAT IS HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE
NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (LOWER CASE)

LMZ740>745-766-050930-
WINTHROP HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-
LAKE MICHIGAN-
430 AM CDT MON SEP 4 2006

THIS PORTION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS
AND INDIANA WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

WE ARE EXPECTING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORM MAY BE
SEVERE. THE BIGGEST THREAT IS HAIL. THERE COULD BE ISOLATED
WATERSPOUTS ON THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE
NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (LOWER CASE)

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTWinnebago56 min
Sep 4, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLee46 min
Sep 4, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTOgle, Winnebago43 min
Sep 4, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTOgle, Winnebago31 min
Sep 4, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTWinnebago30 min
Sep 4, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTDeKalb48 min
Sep 4, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLaSalle41 min
Sep 4, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTDeKalb27 min
Sep 4, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLaSalle58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.