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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Chicago, IL

May 25, 20085 counties in Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2008, 12:45 PM CDT for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 45 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
May 25, 2008, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2008, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Will County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2008-05-25Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 214 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 11:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLee50 min
May 25, 12:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTDeKalb, Lee46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.