Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 12:57 PM CDT for Warren County, Illinois. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1992, 12:57 PM CDT (17:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 452 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
- 2332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIA 171757 SVRPIA ILC187-171900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1257 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE TH
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, Jun 17, 9:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-171630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 900 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 9AM CDT...A LONE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. ELSWHERE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND WINDY CONDITIONS PREVAILED WITH ONLY A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS. HOWEVER...TO BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS... AND STATEMENTS. IN THE MEANTIME...REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES. COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE TO ACTIVATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-171630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 900 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 9AM CDT...A LONE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. ELSWHERE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND WINDY CONDITIONS PREVAILED WITH ONLY A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS. HOWEVER...A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS FOR ALL OF THE HEART OF ILLINOIS TODAY. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...LISTEN TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS... AND STATEMENTS. IN THE MEANTIME...REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES. COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE TO ACTIVATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-171630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 900 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING AND MOING TOWARD WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 1130 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY AND MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO HANCOCK AND HENDERSON COUNTIES IN EXTREME WESTERN ILLINOIS WITHIN THE NEXT 1/2 HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A GREAT PORTION OF THE HEART OF ILLINOIS UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...LISTEN TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POwSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-171730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1135 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING AND MOVING TOWARD WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 1130 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY AND MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO HANCOCK AND HENDERSON COUNTIES IN EXTREME WESTERN ILLINOIS WITHIN THE NEXT 1/2 HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A GREAT PORTION OF THE HEART OF ILLINOIS UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...LISTEN TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS. BREESER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Henderson | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Carroll | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Winnebago | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Henderson | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Hancock, McDonough | 69 min |
| Jun 17, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Warren | 69 min |
| Jun 17, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee, Ogle | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Boone, Winnebago | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeKalb, Lee, Ogle | 21 min |
| Jun 17, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Putnam | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin | 68 min |
| Jun 17, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 68 min |
| Jun 17, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas | 50 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.