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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Chicago, IL

November 27, 1990Kankakee County, Will County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 27, 1990, 4:44 PM CST for Kankakee County, Will County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 27, 1990, 4:44 PM CST (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 1990, 5:45 PM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kankakee County, IL, Will County, IL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What 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, Nov 27, 3:21 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 27, 3:29 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 27, 3:36 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
ILZ001-002-272230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
328 PM CST TUE NOV 22 1990

...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 9 PM...

AT 3 25 PM CST...RADAR WAS INDICATING THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WAS COVERING MUCH OF THE AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE FROM JUST SOUTH OF ROCHELLE TO LA SALLE ILLINOIS...OR
ABOUT 20 TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKFORD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME...
ESPECIALLY NEAR TO AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ROCKFORD TO DIXON.
EVERYONE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR THEATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

ATTN ISP DIST: 1...2...16.
SANDERS   ...RESEND...NO CHANGES...
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 4:13 PM CST, 31 minutes before
ILZALL-280000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
4 10 PM CST TUE NOV 27 1990

AT 4 00 PM CST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
NEAR AURORA TO ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF MORRIS TO ABOUT 10 MILES
WEST OF PONTIAC. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ABOUT
40 MILES WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN CHICAGO.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH. STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS AND VISIBILITIES BRIEFLY NEAR ZERO IS LIKELY WITH THIS LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA
BY 6 PM THIS EVENING.

MORRISON
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 4:17 PM CST, 27 minutes before
ILZ001-002-272330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
416 PM CST TUE NOV 22 1990

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 9 PM...

AT 4 15 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
COVING JUST ABOUT ALL OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSORMS
CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS
REPORTED SO FAR AS OF 4 15 PM.

CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP AT
ANY TIME HOWEVER...ESPECIALLY NEAR TO AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ROCKFORD
TO DIXON. EVERYONE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA THEREFORE...SHOULD BE
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THEATENING WEATHER AND SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER
S!TATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

ATTN ISP DIST: 1...2...16.
SANDERS
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 4:44 PM CST, 0 minutes before
ILZ001-002-272330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
444 PM CST TUE NOV 27 1990

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 9 PM...

AT 4 43 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE HEAVY RAINSHOWERS AND A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SO FAR...
NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS OF 4 43 PM.

CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP AT ANY
TIME HOWEVER...ESPECIALLY NEAR TO AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ROCKFORD
TO DIXON. EVERYONE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA THEREFORE...SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THEATENING WEATHER AND SHOULD LISTEN FOOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

ATTN ISP DIST: 1...2...16.
SANDERS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 3:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTGrundy, Kendall, LaSalle46 min
Nov 27, 3:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTKane51 min
Nov 27, 3:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLivingston51 min
Nov 27, 4:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTCook, DuPage, Will35 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.