Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 25, 1989Coles County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1989, 4:44 PM CDT for Coles County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 min. 3 reports 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, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1989, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 4:45 PM CDTHail 2Douglas, IL
May 25, 5:30 PM CDTHail 1.75Edgar, IL
May 25, 5:30 PM CDTHail 1.75Edgar, 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Peoria Regional, IL at 12:00Z on 1989-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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, Peoria Regional, IL at 12:00Z on 1989-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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, May 25, 10:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 54 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
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
310 PM CDT THU MAY 25 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SANGAMON COUNTY...

AT 3 05 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORM GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR BURLINGTON IOWA
TO DANVILLE ILLINOIS.

AT 256 PM CDT PEA-SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WAS RECEIVED HERE
AT THE CAPITOL AIRPORT.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED THE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN SPRINGFIELD DURING THE PAST HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL
10 PM CDT.

HILLIARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXWarren35 min
May 25, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon, Sangamon30 min
May 25, 1:54 AM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon36 min
May 25, 2:38 AM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Logan37 min
May 25, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Piatt34 min
May 25, 11:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Shelby67 min
May 25, 1:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacoupin, Morgan42 min
May 25, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Montgomery, Sangamon64 min
May 25, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXShelby63 min
May 25, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar30 min
May 25, 6:04 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon26 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.