Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1992, 4:51 PM CST for Cass County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 1992, 4:51 PM CST (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1992, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cass County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 5:05 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Cass, IL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 350 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1022 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 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 KSPI 062251
SVRSPI
ILC017-062345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
451 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
WESTERN CASS
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN CASS
COUNTY AT 450 PM CST. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUFF SPRINGS...
40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TOWN OF CHANDLERVILLE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
ATTN ISP DIST...9
FENLEYWhat 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, Mar 6, 2:47 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-062150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 250 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING IN WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 2:45 PM CST... RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERTORM JUST ENTERING SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY WEST OF THE TOWN OF LORRAINE ILLINOIS IN EXTREME WESTERN ILLINOIS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TOWN OF CARTHAGE DURING THE NEXT HOUR. RESIDENTS SHOULD ANTICIPATE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE HAIL OTHER MUCH LESS INTENSE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING IN WESTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE UP NORTH OF RUSHVILLE ILLINOIS DURING THE NEXT HOUR. . RESIDENTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS MAY EXPECT OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. IN WESTERN ILLINOIS THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE PUSHES INTO THE AREA FROM MISSOURI. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL... AND ARE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. JACOBS
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 2:56 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
ILZ009-010-062200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 2 55 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 7 00 PM CST... AT 2 45 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINCHESTER ILLINOIS WHICH IS ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORM MAY PRODUCE MARBLE SIZE HAIL AS IT MOVES INTO MORGAN COUNTY BETWEEN MEREDOSIA AND JACKSONVILLE THROUGH CHAPIN BETWEEN 3 00 AND 3 30 PM. THIS STORM WILL ALSO HAVE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ANOTHER INTENSIFYING STORM WAS IN MACOUPIN COUNTY BETWEEN GREENFIELD AND CARLINVILLE. OTHER INTENSIFYING THUNDMERSTORMS WERE OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS FROM NEAR BURLINGTON IOWA TO QUINCY ILLINOIS TO 50 MILES WEST OF ST. LOUIS. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN ILLINOIS BETWEEN 3 00 AND 4 00 PM. PALMER
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 3:44 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-062245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 345 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 7PM... AT 3:40 PM CST... RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ILLINOIS NEAR SOUTHEAST HANCOCK COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE OVER SOUTHEAST HANCOCK AND WESTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA IN TAZEWELL COUNTY OVER CANTON TO NEAR ROSEVILLE ILLINOIS IN WARREN COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED NEAR GREEN VALLEY AND SOUTH PEKIN IN TAZEWELL COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO BEEN MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE HEAVIER RAIN AREAS WILL HEAD TOWARDS NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY TO AFFECT MORTON AND WASHINGTON BY 4:00 TO 4:30 PM. . JACOBS
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 4:07 PM CST, 44 minutes before
ILZ009-010-062315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 2 55 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 7 00 PM CST... AT 4 00 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF LINE FROM BLOOMINGTON TO THE SPRINGFIELD AREA AND ON TO ST. LOUIS. THE AREA OF STORMS WERE SHIFTING SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS ON SEVERE WEATHER AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FS
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 4:08 PM CST, 43 minutes before
ILC137-062245- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS 405 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992 ...A TORNADO WARNING FOR MORGAN COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CST... AT 400 PM CST THE MORGAN COUNTY SHERRIFF REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD APPEARED TO BE REFROMING AN MOVING CLOSER TO THE GROUND TO THE NORTHWEST OF JACKSONVILLE...35 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND CONTINUES TO THREATEN THE TOWNS OF CONCORD..ARCADIA AND LITERBERRY. PERSONS IN MORGAN COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. FENLEY
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 4:44 PM CST, 7 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-062330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 440 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 9PM... AT 4:35 PM CST... POSSIBLE TORNADOES WERE BEING REPORTED NORTHWEST OF SPRING- FIELD. THE STORM IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR EASTERN MASON COUNTY IF THE REPORTS CONTINUE AND THE STORM DOES NOT WEAKEN. ELSEWHERE... OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN WESTERN ILLINOIS AROUND NAUVOO IN HANCOCK COUNTY. MARBLE-SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT NAUVOO DURING THE PAST HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO IN SOUTHWEST MCDONOUGH COUNTY AROUND COLCHESTER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD AFFECT MCDONOUGH...WARREN...AND FULTON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF BEARDSTOWN AND IT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST UP INTO EASTERN SCHUYLER AND WESTERN MASON COUNTIES BY 5:30 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH... AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL. JACOBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 29 min |
| Mar 6, 3:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan | 33 min |
| Mar 6, 4:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass | 26 min |
| Mar 6, 4:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin | 32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.