Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 4:01 PM CDT for Christian County, Montgomery County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 59 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 2, 1990, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Christian County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Shelby 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 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Shelby, 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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSPI 022101
SVRSPI
ILC021-135-173-022200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
401 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
CHRISTIAN...EASTERN MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN SHELBY
AT 355PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN
CHRISTIAN AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST
OF SPRINGFIELD.
THESE STORMS WILL PASS THROUGH THE TAYLORVILLE...PANA...AND
SHELBYVILLE AREAS IN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.
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 ISP DIST...9...10...18
WAGNERWhat 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 2, 12:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
ILZ006-021900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 100 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1255 PM RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOLINE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN EASTERN IOWA WITH A TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN NEAR OTTUMWA. NO SEVERE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ILLINOIS. HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WHICH MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. S TAY TUNED TO RADIO AND TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
ILZ006-022000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 200 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 155 PM RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS NORTH OF A LINE FROM MOLINE TO DANVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES NORTH AND 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOLINE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN ILLINOIS. HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WHICH MAY PRODUCE LARGE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND TV OR NOAA WEATHEeR RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
ILZ006-022000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 200 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 155 PM RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS NORTH OF A LINE FROM MOLINE TO DANVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES NORTH AND 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOLINE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN ILLINOIS. HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WHICH MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND TV OR NOAA WEATHER kRADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
ILZ006-022100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 300 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 255 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN MISSOURI INTO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM ST. LOUIS TO 30 MILES NORTH OF ST. LOUIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN ILLINOIS. HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WHICH MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:30 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
ILZ006-022130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 330 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS TIL 600 PM... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TIL 900 PM... AT 325 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ST. LOUIS TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD AND ALONG A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO ST. LOUIS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. HOWEVER SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEVISION... AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Moultrie, Shelby | 28 min |
| Jun 2, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Douglas | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland, Edgar | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.