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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 17, 1992Christian County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 4:07 PM CDT for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1992, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1992, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Christian County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 280 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1992-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2332 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1992-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 172107
SVRSPI
ILC021-117-172215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
407 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      CHRISTIAN...EASTERN MACOUPIN

 AT 405 PM CDT..WEATHER RADARS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
 EASTERN MACOUPIN COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE
 PATH OF THIS STORM VIRDEN...WAGGNER AND MORRISONVILLE.

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 AN7D DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

 ATTN ISP DIST...18 AND 9
 HILLIARD

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, 11:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 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, 2 hours 50 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, 2 hours 8 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
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:12 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
ILZ009-010-172115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
310 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENTERED CASS AND MASON
COUNTIES...40 TO 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE STRONGEST
STORM WAS NEAR CHANDLERVILLE..35 MILE NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AS THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST
SLOWLY.

AN ADDITIONAL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THIS AREA.
THIS LINE RUNS FROM BLOOMINGTON TO SPRINGFIELD. THESE STORMS WILL
ALSO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE URGED TO REVIEW
SAFETY RULES AND LISTEN TO RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
FENLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:49 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
ILZ009-010-172200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
345 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

THE EASTERN MOST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS RUNNING FROM PONTIAC TO
20 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO ST LOUIS IS GAINING STRENTH.
HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN MACOUPIN COUNTY..
30 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THIS LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR CHAMPAIGN BY 5 PM.

THE SECOND AREA THUNDERSTORMS LIES FROM WEST OF BLOOMINGTON TO 15
NORTHWEST OF LINCLOLN TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 35 MILES
WEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE STORMS ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGNS OF
WEAKENING.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE URGED TO REVIEW
SAFETY RULES AND LISTEN TO RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
FENLEY
Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:00 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
400 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

REPORTS BEGINNING 202PM  CDT...JUNE 17 1992

COUNTY     TIME CDT

MC DONOUGH 202PM CDT IN MACOMB, 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGTON:
                     BRANCHES TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER BLOWN FROM TREES AS
                     REPORTED BY MC DONOUGH ESDA.
MC DONOUGH 202PM CDT IN MACOMB, 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGTON:
                     DAMAGE TO RESIDENCE BY FALLEN TREE.
SCHUYLER 220 PM CDT  TREES DOWN AT LITTLETON, 46 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY.
                     TREES DOWN AS REPORTED BY STATE PATROL.
SCHUYLER 230 PM CDT  IN LITTLETON, 46 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY:
                     TREE DOWN AS REPORTED BY SCHYLER COUNTY SHERIFF.
FULTON   255 PM CDT  IN VERMONT, 51 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA:
                     LARGE LIMBS BLOWN OFF TREES REPORTED BY ESDA.
PEORIA   255 PM CDT  IN DUNLAP, 14 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PEORIA:

                    REPORTED BY PEORIA COUNTY ESDA.
MARSHALL 300 PM CDT HENRY, 33 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF PEORIA:
                    TREES DOWN AS REPORTED BY MARSHALL COUNTY ESDA.
PUTNAM 301 PM CDT   HENNIPIN, 43 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF PEORIA:
                    NUMEROUS TREES DOWN SOUTH OF TOWN.
MASON  336 PM CDT   MASON CITY, 28 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD:
                    GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AS REPORTED BY MASON COUNTY ESDA.

JACOBS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 12:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXHenderson61 min
Jun 17, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCarroll52 min
Jun 17, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXWinnebago49 min
Jun 17, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXWarren63 min
Jun 17, 1:21 PM CDTTornado WarningILXHenderson39 min
Jun 17, 1:21 PM CDTTornado WarningILXHancock, McDonough69 min
Jun 17, 1:21 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWarren69 min
Jun 17, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLee, Ogle51 min
Jun 17, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXBoone, Winnebago51 min
Jun 17, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSchuyler60 min
Jun 17, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXBureau43 min
Jun 17, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeKalb, Lee, Ogle21 min
Jun 17, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall, Putnam59 min
Jun 17, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Schuyler41 min
Jun 17, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason, Tazewell61 min
Jun 17, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean, Woodford56 min
Jun 17, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacoupin68 min
Jun 17, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon45 min
Jun 17, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDouglas50 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.