Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1990, 6:21 PM CDT for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1990, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1990, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Christian 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 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 1821 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KSPI 172321
SVRSPI
ILC021-180030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
621 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
CHRISTIAN
AT 620 PM CDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN NORTHWEST AND
WESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH.
PERSONS IN TAYLORVILLE AND PANA ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF
STORMS.
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.
ATTN ISP DIST...9
FSWhat 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 17, 4:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
ILZ009-010-172300 (UGC LINE HAVE TO ENTER DDHHMM )
1 TO 6 HOURS DEPENDING ON EVENT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
453 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 1990
...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN DE WITT COUNTY...
AT 450PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZED HAIL AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTING WAS IN WESTERN DE WITT COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING TOWARD
THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH.
PERSONS IN MIDLAND CITY...CLINTON AND WELDON SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT
FOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES THE COUNTY BY 6PM.
FSSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 4:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
ILZ009-010-172300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR HEADING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 453 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 1990 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN DE WITT COUNTY... AT 450PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZED HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING WAS IN WESTERN DE WITT COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. PERSONS IN MIDLAND CITY...CLINTON AND WELDON SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES THE COUNTY BY 6PM. FS
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:36 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-172330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 535 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 530 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST MCLEAN COUNTY TO EASTERN MASON COUNTY TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUINCY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTHEAST AND 25 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON. IN ADDITION AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR THE BUREAU/LASALLE COUNTY LINE...25 MILES WEST OF MARSEILLES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER IT APPEARS THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS LESSENED DUE TO THE ADVANCING COLD FRONT TO OUR WEST. PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN ILLINOIS ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO RADIO... TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. . MILLER
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:40 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
ILZ009-010-172330 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 453 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 1990 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN SANGMON COUNTY... AT 539PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING WAS IN SOUTHERN SANGAMON BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND 15 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. IT WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. PERSONS IN ROCHESTER BUCKHART AND BOLIVIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES THROUGH THE COUNTY BY 630 PM. FS
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:50 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
ILZ009-010-172345 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 546 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 1990 ...THUNDERSTORM PRODUCIMG HAIL IN DEWITT COUNTY... AT 546PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING WAS IN CENTRAL DEWITT COUNTY IN THE CLINTON AREA...40 MILES NORTHEAST OR SPRINGFIELD. THE DEWITT COUNTY ESDA HAD TWO REPORTS OF ONE HALF IN HAIL. THE DOWNPOUR OF RAIN REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN PLACES. PERSONS IN CLINTON AND WELDON SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES THROUGH THE COUNTY BY 630 PM. FS
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:17 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-180000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 615 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HENDERSON...WARREN...HANCOCK... KNOX AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES... ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1000 PM... AT 610 RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST MCLEAN COUNTY TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PASSED THROUGH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARSEILLES IN EXTREME NORTHEAST BUREAU COUNTY AND 50 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF QUINCY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. MILLER . MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee, Ogle | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeKalb | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 58 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.