Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1990, 9:22 PM CDT for Peoria County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 68 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
- Jul 9, 1990, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1990, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Peoria County, IL, Tazewell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 9:25 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Peoria, 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 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 406 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
- 175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 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 KPIA 100222
SVRPIA
ILC143-179-100330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
922 PM CDT MON JUL 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN PEORIA...NORTHERN TAZEWELL
AT 9:20 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AND
BY SPOTTER REPORTS JUST WEST OF PEORIA NEAR TRIVOLI. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
TRIVOLI HAD AN INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES AND RADAR INDICATED HAIL
IN THIS STORM.
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REIN
FORECED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND LIGHTNING.
ATTN ISP 8 J
JACOBSWhat 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, Jul 9, 6:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
ILZ009-010-100030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 625 PM CDT MON JUL 9 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN ILLINOIS... AT 620 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION COUNTIES IN EASTERN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS NEAR POTOMAC. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HILLIARD [ ATTN: ISP DIST...10
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-100205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 805 PM CDT MON JUL 9 1990 RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING ACROSS ILLINOIS. AT 8:00 PM THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BURLINGTON IOWA ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF HENDERSON AND WARREN COUNTIES... AROUND MONMOUTH... AND THROUGH CHILLICOTHE AND PONTIAC. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN TRACKING TO THE EAT AT ABOUT 35 MPH. RADAR INDICqATES POSSIBLE HAIL IN SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS... AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND MAY CAUSE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. JACOBS
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 9:11 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-100310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 910 PM CDT MON JUL 9 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 300AM... AT 9:05 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BURLINGTON IOWA TO PEORIA TO LAFAYETTE INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN TRACKING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. RADAR INDICATES POSSIBLE HAIL IN SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. NELSON
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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.