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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Lincoln, IL

December 8, 1991DeWitt County, Logan County, Macon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 8, 1991, 3:23 PM CST for DeWitt County, Logan County, Macon County, Illinois. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 8, 1991, 3:23 PM CST (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Dec 8, 1991, 4:30 PM CST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties DeWitt County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL

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, Dec 8, 1:53 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
ILZ010-082100-

SHORT RANGE FORECAST FOR CENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
1 52 PM CST SUN DEC 8 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 6 00 PM CST...

AT 1 45 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM PEORIA TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD
NEAR HAVANA TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUINCY.  THE LINE OF STORMS WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE FROM BETWEEN PEORIA
AND BLOOMINGTON TO THE WEST EDGE OF SPRINGFIELD TO NORTHWEST OF ST.
LOUIS BY AROUND 3 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND A BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOUR OF RAIN.  YOU SHOULD TAKE SHELTER
IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.  DO NOT USE THE
TELEPHONE OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WHEN LIGHTNING IS NEAR.  WAIT A
FEW MINUTES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
PALMER
Special weather statement, Dec 8, 1:54 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
ILZ010-082100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
1 52 PM CST SUN DEC 8 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 6 00 PM CST...

AT 1 45 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM PEORIA TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD
NEAR HAVANA TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUINCY.  THE LINE OF STORMS WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE FROM BETWEEN PEORIA
AND BLOOMINGTON TO THE WEST EDGE OF SPRINGFIELD TO NORTHWEST OF ST.
LOUIS BY AROUND 3 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND A BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOUR OF RAIN.  YOU SHOULD TAKE SHELTER
IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.  DO NOT USE THE
TELEPHONE OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WHEN LIGHTNING IS NEAR.  WAIT A
FEW MINUTES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
PALMER
Local storm report, Dec 8, 3:16 PM CST, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 8, 1:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Mason42 min
Dec 8, 2:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Menard46 min
Dec 8, 2:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean, Tazewell, Woodford40 min
Dec 8, 2:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan39 min
Dec 8, 3:23 PM CSTTornado WarningILXMcLean37 min
Dec 8, 4:38 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Piatt27 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.