Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1990, 6:56 PM CDT for Macoupin 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
- Jun 5, 1990, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1990, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Macoupin 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 5, 7:39 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Macoupin, 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSPI 052356
SVRSPI
ILC117-060100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
656 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
MACOUPIN
AT 655PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR
ENTERING WEST CENTRAL MACOUPIN COUNTY...15 MILES WEST OF
CARLINVILLE...OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD.
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE HAGAMAN...READER...AND
CARLINVILLE.
THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD REACH
CARLINVILLE BY 730PM.
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.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES
AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPIMENT.l
ATTN ISP DIST...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 5, 5:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
ILZ009-010-052330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 505 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 5 PM CDT WEATHER RADARS SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PITTSFIELD ILLINOIS TO NEAR SHELBYVILLE ILLINOIS THE NORTHEAST TO NEAR KANKANEE ILLINOIS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST OF PITTSFIELD ILLINOIS AND SOUTH OF QUINCY ILLINOIS. SHOWERE AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSING LOCAL FLLODING. HILLIARD
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:29 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
ILZ009-010-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 625 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 620 PM CDT WEATHER RADARS SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF ST. LOUIS TO JUST SOUTH OF MARTINSVILLE ILLINOIS IN CLARK COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUBTHEAST CASS COUNTY 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD AND JUST SOUTH OF HAVANA ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HAIL.. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSING LOCAL FLLODING. HILLIARD
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:35 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
ILZ009-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 630 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN MASON COUNTY... AT 625 CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDPERSTORMS FROM SOUTHWEST MASON COUNTY TOWARDS SPRINGFIELD. THE STRONGEST STORM IN SOUTHWEST MASON COUNTY WAS NEAR KILBOURNE...45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ROEPKE
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:46 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
ILZ009-010-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 645 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 640 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM ST. LOUIS TO TERRE HAUTE INDIANA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...NEAR PETERSBURG.b..JUST EAST OF JACKSONVILLE...AND 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...ENTERING WEST CENTRAL MACOUPIN COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WAGNER
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.