Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1992, 3:00 AM CDT for Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1992, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1992, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Woodford County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 416 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPIA 150800
SVRPIA
ILC203-150900-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
300 AM CDT WED APR 15 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN WOODFORD
AT 240 AM CDT...GOLF BALL SEZED HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE WOODFORD
COUNTY SHERRIFS DEPARTMENT BETWEEN EUREKA AND ROANOKE IN CENTRAL
WOODFORD COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM CELL THAT PRODUCED THE LARGE HAIL
WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
INCLUDE BENSEN PANOLA NAND EL PASO...ALL IN EASTERN WOODFORD COUNTY
.
THIS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS
AND UNDERPASSES.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS. MOVE INDOOR IF POSSIBLE. WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOIrD USING
TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
ATTN ISP 8
BREESERWhat 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, Apr 15, 1:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
ILZ009-010-150800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1 48 AM CDT WED APR 15 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1 45 AM CDT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND NUMEROUS SHOWERS WERE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL FROM PEORIA TO BETWEEN LINCOLN AND BLOOMINGTON TO BETWEEN DECATUR AND CHAMPAIGN TO BETWEEN CHARLESTON AND TERRE HAUTE INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IT WILL BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT OVE=R CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 50 DEGREES WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. PALMER
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 2:09 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
ILZ005>007-150830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 200 AM CDT WED APR 15 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 155 AM CDT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG A LINE FROM MOLINE THROUGH PEORIA TO TERRE HAUTE INDIANA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTENING ...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. BREESER ALL OF THE RAINFALL WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURMS. MILLER
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 2:13 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
ILZ005>007-150830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 200 AM CDT WED APR 15 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 155 AM CDT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG A LINE FROM MOLINE THROUGH PEORIA TO TERRE HAUTE INDIANA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTENING ...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. BREESER
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 2:48 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
ILZ009-010-150900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 2 48 AM CDT WED APR 15 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 2 45 AM CDT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND NUMEROUS SHOWERS WERE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL FROM BETWEEN PEORIA AND PONTIAC TO BETWEEN DECATUR AND CHAMPAIGN TO BETWEEN MARTINSVILLE AND TERRE HAUTE INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IT WILL BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 50 DEGREES WITH EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. PALMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 53 min |
| Apr 15, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Morgan | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 56 min |
| Apr 15, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 66 min |
| Apr 15, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau, Putnam | 13 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.