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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Lincoln, IL

November 15, 1988Champaign County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 1988, 11:36 PM CST for Champaign County, Illinois. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 1988, 11:36 PM CST (05:36 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 1988, 12:45 AM CST
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Champaign County, IL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 15, 6:58 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 15, 7:44 PM CST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
740 PM CST TUE NOV 15 1988

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY...

AT 735 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR SUTTER ILLINOIS...30 MILES NORTH
OF QUINCY...SOUTH THROUGH QUINCY INTO MISSOURI.  THE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR QUINCY ILLINOIS HAS PRODUCED WINDS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR AND
VERY HEAVY RAINS.  MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WERE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR.

PERSONS LIVING IN SOUTHEAST HANCOCK AND WESTERN SCHUYLER COUNTIES
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STONG WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND HAIL AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR ALL OF
CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

J LAST

ATTN ISP DIST...14 AND 20
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 7:54 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
7 50PM CST TUE NOV 15 1988

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF ILLINOIS
UNTIL 1 00 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

AT 745 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EXTREME WESTERN ILLINOIS EXTENDING FROM NEAR NAUVOO ILLINOIS..
ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON IOWA...TO QUINCY ILLINOIS TO
JUST EAST OF HANNIBAL MISSOURI TO 20 MILES WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF
ST LOUIS MISSOURI.  THE LINE WAS ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE AND WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

AT 730 PM CST STRONG GUSTY WINDS DOWNED TREES IN THE HANNIBAL
MISSOURI AREA AS THIS LINE OF STORMS PASSED THROUGH.

AT THE PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT...THE LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD REACH THE JACKSONVILLE ILLINOIS AREA BETWEEN 9 00 PM AND 9 30
PM CST AND SHOULD BE AFFECTING THE SPRINGFIELD AREA AROUND 10 00 PM          [
AND 10 30 PM CST.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR
TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORN SAFETY
RULES AND BE PREPARE TO TAKE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS
DEVELOP IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

HUGHES
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 8:42 PM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
8 40 PM CST TUE NOV 15 1988

TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF ILLINOIS UNTIL
1 00 PM CST...

AT 8 30 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
IN WESTERN ILLINOIS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MACOMB ILLINOIS TO PITTSFIELD
ILLINOIS TO NEAR ALTON ILLINOIS. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS ABOUT 15 MILES
WIDE AND WAS MOVINE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

60 MILES WIND GUSTS WERE REPORTED AT QUINCY ILLINOIS AROUND 8 00 PM CST.
NUMEROUS OTHER REPORTS OF 50 TO 55 MILES AN HOUR WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS SINCE 8 00 PM CST.

SOME HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS SINCE 8 00
PM CST.

LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS OVER NOAA WEATHER          [
RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO ORTV STATION.

THIS IS A POTENTIAL DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.  REVIEW YOUR TORNADO
AND SEVERE THUN-DERSTORM SAFETY RULES NOW. BE PREPARED TO GO TO A
SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS IN YOUR AREA IN THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.

HUGHES
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 8:46 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 8:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXHancock, McDonough, Schuyler60 min
Nov 15, 8:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcDonough, Schuyler42 min
Nov 15, 8:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton47 min
Nov 15, 9:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan58 min
Nov 15, 9:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacoupin58 min
Nov 15, 9:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Menard, Sangamon63 min
Nov 15, 9:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason43 min
Nov 15, 9:46 PM CSTTornado WarningILXLogan, Menard, Sangamon29 min
Nov 15, 9:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria33 min
Nov 15, 9:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell, Woodford48 min
Nov 15, 9:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Montgomery61 min
Nov 15, 10:20 PM CSTTornado WarningILXTazewell45 min
Nov 15, 10:21 PM CSTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, Macon39 min
Nov 15, 10:21 PM CSTTornado WarningILXSangamon39 min
Nov 15, 10:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean, Woodford53 min
Nov 15, 11:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXBoone, DeKalb, Ogle44 min
Nov 15, 11:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXWoodford44 min
Nov 15, 11:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLee44 min
Nov 15, 11:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Douglas69 min

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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.