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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Chicago, IL

August 16, 20095 counties in Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2009, 2:20 PM CDT for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 40 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
Aug 16, 2009, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2009, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2009-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1595 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2009-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1595 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 3:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOTCook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will4 hr
Aug 16, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLOT73 min
Aug 16, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTCook29 min
Aug 16, 3:51 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLOTCook4 hr
Aug 16, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLake13 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.