Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1990, 8:03 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1990, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1990, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSPI 180103
SVRSPI
ILC135-180200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
803 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
MONTGOMERY
AT 8PM STATE POLICE REPORTED THREE QUARTER IN HAIL AT LITCHFIELD
...50 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
EAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH.
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE HILLSBORO...WITT AND
CHAPMAN.
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 HQIGH OBJECTS. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES
AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPIMENT.
ATTN ISP DIST...18
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, 5:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 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, 2 hours 13 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, 1 hour 46 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
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
ILZ009-010-180030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 630 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 1990 ...NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS IN DEWITT COUNTY... AT 630PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS... HEAVY RAIN... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING WAS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN DEWITT COUNTY IN THE CLINTON AREA...40 MILES NORTHEAST OR SPRINGFIELD. A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN DEWITT AND PIATT COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY BECOME TORNADOES VERY QUICKLY. PERSONS IN DEWITT AND PIATT COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES THROUGH THE COUNTY BY AROUND 7PM. FS
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:22 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-180115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 720 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...MASON...TAZEWELL..WOODFORD... MARSHALL...AND MCLEAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM... THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL CENTRAL ILLINOIS COUNTIES WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. AT 715 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST MCLEAN COUNTY TO 25 M*ILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME EASTERN LASALLE COUNTY NEAR MARSEILLES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:54 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
ILZ009-010-180130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 750 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN ILLINOIS UTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. AT 745PM CDT A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS TO NEAR ST. LOUIS MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 15 SOUTHWEST OF DECATUR AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN ANOTHER STRONG STORMS WAS NEAR LITCHFIELD ILLINOIS. A STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSING LOCAL FLOODING ...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST ANID SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HILLIARD ATTN: ISP DIST...9..10 AND 18
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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.