Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1989, 1:41 PM CDT for Christian County, Montgomery County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1989, 1:41 PM CDT (18:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1989, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Christian County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:53 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Montgomery, IL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Peoria Regional, IL (KPIA), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -743 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSPI 251841
SVRSPI
ILC167-021-135-251945-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
141 PM CDT THU MAY 25 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN SANGAMON...CHRISTIAN...MONTGOMERY
AT 132 PM CDT PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WITH SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IN CARLINVILLE ILLINOIS..ABOUT)
35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS SEVERE WEATHER WAS MOVING EA
ST AT 40 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
ATTN IS P DIST...9 AND 18
HUGHESWhat 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
Local storm report, May 25, 8:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
825AM CDT THU MAY 25 1989
ADDITIONAL REPORTS FROM STORMS OF THURSDAY MORNING MAY 25 1989
TIME EVENT
300AM CDT ....COLES COUNTY ESDA REPORTED A CONFIRMED TORNADO 21/2 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ASHMORE...PICKED UP ROOF OFF OF HOME, BLEW
OUT WINDOWS, DESTROYED 2 HORSE BARNS, TWISTED AND BLEW
DOWN TREES. NO REPORTS OF INJURIES.
336AM CDT ....AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT BY PUBLIC RELAYED BY A LOCAL RADIO
STATION OF A FUNNEL CLOUD IN CLARK COUNTY.
NELLENSpecial weather statement, May 25, 9:41 AM CDT, 4 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 940 AM CDT THU MAY 25 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... AT 935 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PITTSFIELD ILLINOIS...65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS.THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HILLIARD
Special weather statement, May 25, 10:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1025 AM CDT THU MAY 25 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS..... AT 1022 AM CDT WEATHER RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR BRADFORD ILLINOIS TO JUST NORTHEAST OF BELLEVILLE ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHWEST MACOUPIN AND SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ...STRONG GUSTY W:INDS..HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HILLIARD
Special weather statement, May 25, 10:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1045 AM CDT THU MAY 25 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN SANGAMON AND NORTHER MACOUPIN COUNTIES. AT 1042 AM CDT MACOUPIN COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORTED PEA-SIZE HAIL AT GIRARD ILLINOIS...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. ALSO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND NORTHWARD TO JUST WEST OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS. MACOUPIN AND SANGAMON COUNTIES CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFRALL...HAIL ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3PM CDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. HILLIARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Warren | 35 min |
| May 25, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Sangamon | 30 min |
| May 25, 1:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 36 min |
| May 25, 2:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 37 min |
| May 25, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Piatt | 34 min |
| May 25, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 67 min |
| May 25, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Morgan | 42 min |
| May 25, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 63 min |
| May 25, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 61 min |
| May 25, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 30 min |
| May 25, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 26 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.