Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1990, 9:57 PM CDT for McDonough County, Illinois. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1990, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1990, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 414 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
- 1169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPIA 080257
SVRPIA
ILC109-080400-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
957 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN MCDONOUGH
AT 950 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE
VICINITY OF MACOMB ILLINOIS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LARGE HAIL WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SMALLER HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
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.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS. MOVE INDOOR IF POSSIBLE. WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING
TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
AdTTN ISP 14
STUMETZWhat 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 7, 8:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-080300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 850 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 AT 850 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME HEAVY ACCOMPANIED WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM PEORIA EXTENDING WEST TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF IOWA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER ILLINOIS DURING THE EVENIN-G. STUMETZ
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-080300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 850 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 AT 850 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME HEAVY ACCOMPANIED WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM PEORIA EXTENDING WEST TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF IOWA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER ILLINOIS DURING THE EVENIN2G. STUMETZ
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:35 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-080500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 940 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 THUNDERSTORMS...SOME HEAVY ACCOMPANIED WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:39 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-080500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 940 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 THUNDERSTORMS...SOME HEAVY ACCOMPANIED WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CONTINUED OVER ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BURLINGTON IOWA TO LACON ILLINOIS THEN INTO INDIANA NORTHEAST OF WATSEKA ILLINOIS. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER ILLINOISK DURING THE EVENING. STUMETZ
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:47 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
ILZ009-010-080345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 945 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 942 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A 60 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR QUINCY ILLINOIS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF WATSEKA ILLINOIS. THE A 10 WIDE BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MACOMB ILLINOIS TO NEAR GIBSON CITY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS CAUSING LOCAL FLOODING..HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HILLIARD ATTN ISP DISTS 6...9...10[
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:54 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
ILZ009-010-080345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 945 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 942 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A 60 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR QUINCY ILLINOIS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF WATSEKA ILLINOIS. A 10 MILE WIDE BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MACOMB ILLINOIS TO NEAR GIBSON CITY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS CAUSING LOCAL FLOODING..HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HILLIARD ATTN ISP DISTS 6...9a...10
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 11:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 67 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.