Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1990, 2:30 AM CDT for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1990, 2:30 AM CDT (07:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1990, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 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 00:00Z, 7.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2328 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 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 200730
SVRSPI
ILC021-200830-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
230 AM CDT WED JUN 20 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
CHRISTIAN
AT 225 AM CDT POLICE REPORT GOLDBALL SIZE HAIL ALONG ROUTE
48 NORTHEAST OF TAYLORVILLE..30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD.
THE STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
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.
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
FENLEYWhat 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 19, 8:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-200240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 840 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1AM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT... AT 8:35 PM... WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS NORTH OF PEORIA NEAR BRADFORD. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING IN WESTERN ILLINOIS BETWEEN BURLINGTON IOWA AND MOLINE ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THERE IS A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADIC ACTIVITY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT THIS TIME THERE WERE NO WARNINGS IN EFFECT. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR FLASH FLOODING FROM THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY... AS THEY MOVE OVER THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS TO FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JACOBS
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
ILZ009-200230-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
840 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990
...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1 AM CDT...
AT 835 PM CDT WEATHER RADARS SHOWS AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF
A BURLINGTON IOWA TO PEORIA ILLINOIS LINE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
AS THESE STORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP
TO THEIR SOUTH. THESE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.
REMEMBER STORMS CAN AND DO OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES SUDDENLY
WITHOUT WARNING.{{}
PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER
CLOSELY AND SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF SEVERE
WEATHER.
FENLEY
ATTN ISP DIST...9 AND 19Special weather statement, Jun 19, 9:30 PM CDT, 5 hours before
ILZ009-200330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 930 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1 AM CDT... AT 930 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A BURLINGTON IOWA TO PEORIA ILLINOIS LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NORTHEAST OF PEORIA AND NEAR MOLINE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AS THESE STORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP TO THEIR SOUTH. THESE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. REMEMBER STORMS CAN AND DO OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING. PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF SEVERE WEATHER. FENLEY ATTN ISP DIST...9 AND 18
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 9:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-200335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 935 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1AM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT... AT 9:30 PM... WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDER- STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING ACROSS NORTHERN WARREN AND NORTHWEST KNOX COUNTIES OF WESTERN ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY... HIGHWAY 67 WAS COVERED BY WATER AND TRAFFIC WAS NEAR STOPPED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS KNOX COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND SHOULD REACH STARK COUNTY AFTER 10 PM. . OTHER LESS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING WEST OF PEORIA MOVING INTO PEORIA COUNTY FROM FULTON AND SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS TO FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JACOBS
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 10:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
ILZ009-200430-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
1020 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990
...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1 AM CDT...
AT 1015 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF
A LINE FROM NEAR BLOOMINGTON TO 20 MILES NORTH OF BURLINGTON IOWA. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF PEORIA TO 30
MILES NORTH OF BURLINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
AS THESE STORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP
TO THEIR SOUTH. THESE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.
REMEMBER STORMS CAN AND DO OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES SUDDENLY
WITHOUT WARNING. {{}
PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER
CLOSELY AND SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF SEVERE
WEATHER.
FENLEY
ATTN ISP DIST...9 AND 18.Special weather statement, Jun 20, 12:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
ILZ009-010-200630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1225 AM CDT WED JUN 20 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 6 AM CDT.. AT 1215 AM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAMPAIGN TO 35 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO JUST SOUTH OF BURLINGTON IOWA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AT MIDNIGHT 1/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF CHAMPAIGN. SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. < PERSONS LIVING IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF SEVERE WEATHER. FENLEY ATTN ISP DIST...6..9..10 AND 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Stark | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Woodford | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeKalb | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, McDonough, Warren | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 11:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 1:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Tazewell | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Woodford | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 59 min |
| Jun 20, 2:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McDonough, Schuyler | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Edgar | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 69 min |
| Jun 20, 3:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Edgar | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Montgomery, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, McDonough, Schuyler | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Mason | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Montgomery, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, McDonough, Mason, Schuyler | 110 min |
| Jun 20, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, McDonough, Schuyler | 90 min |
| Jun 20, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Mason | 90 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.