Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 2:24 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Lee County, Ogle County, Illinois. It was in force for 21 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1992, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeKalb County, IL, Lee County, IL, Ogle County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 299 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
- 475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KRFD 171924
SVRRFD
ILC141-103-037-172015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
224 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN OGLE...EASTERN LEE...DEKALB
RADAR AT 215 CDT THIS AFTERNOON WAS STILL SHOWING VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EST AT 30 MPH OVER THE FOLLOWING ILLINOIS
COUNTIES...EASTERN HALF OF OGLE...EASTERN HALF OF LEE...AND JUST
BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO DE KALB. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THIS AFTERNOON.
SOME COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
ROCHELLE...DEKALB...PAW PAW...AND ROLLO.
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...MOVE OUT OF AREAS
THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING...AND GO TO A REINFORCED SHELTER!
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY
RAINFALL THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA IS IMMINENT!
REMEMBER ALSO...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING...SO BE ALERT!
ATTN: ISP DIST 1...2...16. T FIELDSWhat 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, 5 hours 17 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, 5 hours 14 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, 2 hours 44 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, 2 hours 38 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
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
ILZ009-171915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 115 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FRO CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 8 PM CDT.. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...STRETCHES FROM NORTH CENTRAL ILINOIS SOUTHWEST TO NEAR QUINCY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AS THE LINE MOVES SLOWLY TO THE EAST. PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS ESPECIALLY TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD WILL BE THE FIRST TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THESE STORMS. AT THEIR CURRENT EASTWARD MOVEMENT THE TOWNS OF JACKSOVILLE..BEARDS/ TOWN AND PETERSBURG WILL BE THE FIRST TO GET HIT. PERSONS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE URGED TOREVIEW SAFETY RULES AND LISTEN TO RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FENLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:59 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
ILZ009-172015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 210 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 8 PM CDT.. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...STRETCHES FROM NORTH OF PEORIA TO NEAR QUINCY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AS THE LINE MOVES SLOWLY TO THE EAST. PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS ESPECIALLY TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD WILL BE THE FIRST TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THESE STORMS. AT THEIR CURRENT EASTWARD MOVEMENT THE TOWNS OF JACKSOVILLE..BEARDS/ TOWN AND PETERSBURG WILL BE THE FIRST TO GET HIT. PERSONS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE URGED TOREVIEW SAFETY RULES AND LISTEN TO RADIO..TVR..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FENLEY
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, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Warren | 63 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, 2:46 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
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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.