Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 12:40 PM CDT for Carroll County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1992, 12:40 PM CDT (17:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carroll County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 306 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KRFD 021740
SVRRFD
ILC015-021830-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
1240 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF ILLINOIS
CARROLL
AT 12 36 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER INTO CARROLL COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
EAST AROUND 35...AND HAVE A HISTORY OF HIGH WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL.
SOME COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
SAVANA...MT CARROLL...
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.. BELLWhat 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, Jul 2, 9:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
ILZ006-021530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 925 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 915 AM... A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED NORTH OF A LINE FROM BRADFORD TO MACOMB THEN WEST TOWARDS BURLINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN EASTERN WARREN COUNTY NEAR COLDBROOK. AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH MONMOUTH... PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 30 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON AND WILL CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY BEFORE 10:15 AM. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THROUGH 10:30 AM... THE STRONG STORM IN EASTERN WARREN COUNTY WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF ABINGDON AND KNOXVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... STRONG WINDS... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ACXROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
ILZ006-021530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 925 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 915 AM... A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED NORTH OF A LINE FROM BRADFORD TO MACOMB THEN WEST TOWARDS BURLINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN EASTERN WARREN COUNTY NEAR COLDBROOK. AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH MONMOUTH... PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 30 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON AND WILL CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY BEFORE 10:15 AM. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THROUGH 10:30 AM... THE STRONG STORM IN EASTERN WARREN COUNTY WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF ABINGDON AND KNOXVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... STRONG WINDS... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE pACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
ILZ006-021530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 945 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 940 AM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARCED FROM KNOXVILLE TO MACOMB WHILE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN PEORIA AND SOUTHERN STARK COUNTIES. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 15 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON. THE STONGEST STORM IN THE KNOXVILE-MACOMB LINE WAS NEAR FAIRVIEW IN NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND HAD ACCELERATED TO 35 TO 40 MPH. EXPECT THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO SWEEP THROUGH THE PEORIA AREA BEFORE 11 AM. THE STORM WEST OF BURLINGTON WILL ENTER CENTRAL HENDERSON BY 1030 AM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... STRONG WINDS... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
ILZ006-021530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 945 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 940 AM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARCED FROM KNOXVILLE TO MACOMB WHILE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN PEORIA AND SOUTHERN STARK COUNTIES. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 15 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON. THE STONGEST STORM IN THE KNOXVILE-MACOMB LINE WAS NEAR FAIRVIEW IN NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND HAD ACCELERATED TO 35 TO 40 MPH. EXPECT THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO SWEEP THROUGH THE PEORIA AREA BEFORE 11 AM. THE STORM WEST OF BURLINGTON WILL ENTER CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY BY 10:30 AM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... STRONG WINDS... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 10:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
ILZ006-021630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1045 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENING TO MAINLY SHOWERS EAST OF PEORIA... AT 1040 AM... THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS PEORIA COUNTY HAD DISSIPATED TO MAINLY SHOWERS IN WOODFORD AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THIS WAS THE ONLY ACTIVITY OCCURRING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. EXPECT THE SHOWERS TO CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE AS THEY MOVE INTO MCLEAN COUNTY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ENTER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:47 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
ILZ006-021730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1140 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 5 PM... AT 11:35 AM... NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... HOWEVER A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS... SOME SEVERE... EXTENDED FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF IOWA... ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON... TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MISSOURI... ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF QUINCY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL ENTER THE FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE HEARTLAND... AFFFECTING HENDERSON AND HANCOCK COUNTIES BY 12:30 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO,AND TV STATIONS FOR FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Henderson, Warren | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Ogle, Stephenson | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Hancock | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Boone, DeKalb | 17 min |
| Jul 2, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McDonough | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 67 min |
| Jul 2, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 68 min |
| Jul 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 68 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.