Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1989, 8:18 PM CDT for Hancock County, McDonough County, Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1989, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1989, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hancock County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Schuyler County, IL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Peoria Regional, IL (KPIA), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1526 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPIA 270118
SVRPIA
ILC067-109-169-270200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
818 PM CDT WED APR 26 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN HANCOCK...MCDONOUGH...SCHUYLER
AT 810 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY...AT CARTHAGE...OR 35
MILES NORTH OF QUINCY. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT
35 MILES AN HOUR.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS. MOVE INDOOR IF POSSIBLE. WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING
TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMJENT.
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE COLCHESTER AND MACOMB.
ATTN ISP DIST...14 AND 20
J LASTWhat 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, Apr 26, 4:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 435 PM CDT WED APR 26 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM... AT 430 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN TO DES MOINES IOWA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. J LAST
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
535 PM CDT WED APR 26 1989
...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
UNTIL 11 PM...
AT 530 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN TO 20 MILES EAST OF DES MOINES IOWA. SEVERE THUNDER
STORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES EAST OF DES MOINES AND 35 MILES
WEST OF MOLINE ILLINOIS. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA. BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO LOCAL
RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
J LASTSpecial weather statement, Apr 26, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 630 PM CDT WED APR 26 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 11 PM... AT 625 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOLINE ILLINOIS. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MADISON WISCONSIN TO DES MOINES IOWA. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RA,DIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. J LAST
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 6 35 PM CDT WED APR 26 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... AT 630 PM CDT WEATHER RADARS SHOW A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOC.ATED IN CLARK COUNTY JUST SOUTHEAST OF MARTINSVILLE ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...AND HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. HILLIARD
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 7:22 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 7 20 PM CDT WED APR 26 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... AT 715 PM CDT WEATHER RADARS SHOW A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN CLARK COUNTY JUST EAST OF MARTINSVILLE ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...AND HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSING LOCAL FLOODING DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT. HILLIARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Woodford | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, McDonough, Schuyler | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 69 min |
| Apr 26, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Sangamon | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 66 min |
| Apr 26, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Morgan, Sangamon | 69 min |
| Apr 26, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Montgomery | 69 min |
| Apr 26, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 69 min |
| Apr 26, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 58 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.