Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1992, 5:39 PM CDT for Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1992, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tazewell County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 389 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
- 564 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 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 152241 SVRPIA ILC179-152345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 539 PM CDT WED APR 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...TAZEWELL COUNTY AT 535 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AROUND THE SPRING LAKE AREA IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST TAZEWELL COUNTY...22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DELAVAN...PEKIN...MACKINAW...MORTON AND WASHINGTON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER CO VERS THE ROAD. ATTN ISP DIST...8 MILLER
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, Apr 15, 2:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
ILZ006-009-152030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 230 PM CDT THU APR 15 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING... AT 230 PM CDT... SEVERAL SHOWERS WERE IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF HANCOCK COUNTY NEAR HAMILTON EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF QUINCY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. STUMETZ
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 2:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
ILZ009-1512100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
245 PM CDT WED APR 15 1992
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
AT 240 PM CDT..WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EXTRME WEST ILLINOIS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THESE STORMS
ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
REMEMBER A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION )OF
SEVERE WEATHER. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE ADVISED TO WATCH
THE SKIES FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR YOUR
LOCAL RADIO/TV FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
FENLEYSpecial weather statement, Apr 15, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
ILZ009-1512100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
300 PM CDT WED APR 15 1992
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
AT 254 PM CDT..A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL FROM A
THUNDERSTORM NEAR PETERSBURG...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
REMEMBER A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF
SEVERE WEATHER. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE ADVISED TO WATCH
THE SKIES FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR YOUR
LOCAL RADIO/TV FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
FENLEYSpecial weather statement, Apr 15, 3:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
ILZ006-009-152030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 330 PM CDT THU APR 15 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING... AT 330 PM CDT... A CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS IN SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF PLYMOUTH AND BENTLY. THESE STORMS EXTENDED SOUTH TO NEAR QUINCY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY NEAR MASON CITY MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 230 PM CDT HOWEVER...THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE HAIL...AND HIGH WINDS. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. STUMETZ
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 3:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
ILZ009-1512100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
330 PM CDT WED APR 15 1992
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
AT 325 PM CDT..A WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDER/
STORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST MACOUPIN COUNTY..60 MILES SOUTHWET OF
SPRINGFIELD. THE STORMS WERE MOVNING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL
BE APPROACHING CARLINVILLE..40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD..WITHIN
THE NEXT HOUR.
PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER
APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO /TV
FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
FENLEYSpecial weather statement, Apr 15, 4:39 PM CDT, 1 hour before
ILZ006-009-152140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 440 PM CDT WED APR 15 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT ALL AREAS UNTIL 9 PM... AT 4:30 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED TWO AREAS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE WEST AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS AREAS. ONE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EASTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY AND JUST MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST FULTON COUNTY NEAR ASTORIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD PRODUCE UP TO HALF-INCH HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS. A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED IF THIS THUNDERSTORM BECOMES ANY STRONGER. THE STORM HAS BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE UP ACROSS FULTON COUNTY HEADING TOWARDS PEORIA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY NEAR EUREKA. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED GOLF-BALL SIZE HAIL AT 4:20 PM... BUT THE STORM WAS WEAKENING ACCORDING TO RADAR REPORTS. . . THIS STORM WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH 2AND SHOULD MOVE UP ACROSS WOODFORD COUNTY ACROSS ROANOKE AND MINONK BY 5:15 PM. BE PREPARED FOR ISSUANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE EXPECTED. JACOBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 30 min |
| 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, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau, Putnam | 13 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.