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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Chicago, IL

July 24, 2022Boone County, McHenry County, Winnebago County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2022, 2:44 AM CDT for Boone County, McHenry County, Winnebago County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 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
Jul 24, 2022, 2:44 AM CDT (07:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2022, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Boone County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Winnebago County, IL

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 24, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 00:00Z on 2022-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3986 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2022-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3986 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1390 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.4
Supercell composite
26.8

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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 Jul 23, 6:38 PM CDT, 8 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 6:38 PM CDT, 8 hours 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLOT90 min
Jul 24, 2:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTWinnebago20 min
Jul 24, 2:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTWinnebago43 min
Jul 24, 2:49 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLOT3 hr
Jul 24, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLake, McHenry34 min
Jul 24, 4:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTOgle36 min
Jul 24, 4:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTDeKalb, Kane28 min
Jul 24, 7:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLOT2 hr
Jul 24, 8:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOTCook, Will2 hr
Jul 24, 10:39 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOT4 hr

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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.