Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1989, 8:19 PM CDT for McDonough County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 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
- Jun 26, 1989, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1989, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County McDonough 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:25 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Mcdonough, 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPIA 270119
SVRPIA
ILC109-270145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
819 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN MCDONOUGH
AT 810 PM CDT PUBLIC REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF COLCHESTER IN WESTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY...60 MILES
WEST SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA. THIS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH MCDONOUGH COUNTY.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REINFORECED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND LIGHTNING.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
ATTN ISP DIST 14
NADOLSKIWhat 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, Jun 26, 5:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 505 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 500 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF BURLINGTON IOWA IN OUR AREA. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONFINED TO AREAS OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS. A NEW AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS FORMED OVER SOUTHEASTERN IOWA...FROM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON TO JUST SOUTH OF OTTUMWA SOUTHWEST TOWARD ST. JOSEPHN MISSOURI. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 30 WEST NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON IOWA MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THERE WAS NO SEVERE WEATHER INDICATED IN ILLINOIS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO... TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGSz. HALL
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 540 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 537 FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS OF 530 PM CDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 544 FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT THIS MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 537 FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS AS OF 530 PM CDT. A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...NUMBER 544...HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MOST OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. COUNTIES NOT...REPEAT NOT...INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE BUREAU AND PUTNAM. AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN KNOX COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GALESBURG. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THERE WAS NO SEVERE WEATHER INDICATED IN ILLINOIS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER..PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HALL
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 620 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 544 FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN KNOX COUNTY NEAR GALESBURG. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM AT CARTHAGE DROPPED PEA SIZED HAIL AT 610 PM CDT. ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. . THERE WAS NO SEVERE WEATHER INDICATED IN ILLINOIS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER..PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HALL
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 630 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 544 FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN KNOX COUNTY NEAR GALESBURG. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM AT CARTHAGE DROPPED PEA SIZED HAIL AT 610 PM CDT. ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. COUNTIES IN OUR AREA INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE...HENDERSON...WARREN...KNOX...STARK...MARSHALL... HANDCOCK...MCDONOUGH...PEORIA...TAZEWELL...WOODFORD...MCLEAN... SCHUYLER...AND MASON. THERE WAS NO SEVERE WEATHER INDICATED IN ILLINOIS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HALL
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 700 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 544 FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM GALESBURG TO ABINGTON...ROSEVILLE... BRANDINSVILLE AND COLCHESTER. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN MARSHALL...NORTHWEST PEORIA...FULTON AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. . THERE WAS NO SEVERE WEATHER INDICATED IN ILLINOIS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEV ISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HALL
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 8:10 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 810 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND VERY DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEORIA...NEAR BRIMFIELD TO QUINCY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITY OF PEORIA WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...}TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. J LAST
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 65 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.