Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 1:18 PM CDT for Hancock County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1992, 1:18 PM CDT (18:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hancock County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 413 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
- 5739 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 10.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIA 021819 SVRPIA ILC067-021900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 118 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...HANCOCK COUNTY AT 115 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING SOUTHWEST HANCOCK COUNTY ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUINCY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH. SOME TOWNS AND CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SUTTER... CARTHAGE...AND LA HARPE. THE STORMS MOVING THROUGH HANCOCK COUNTY BETWEEN 120 AND 200 PM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. 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. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHJANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. ATTN...ISP DIST 14 MILLER
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, Jul 2, 9:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 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, 3 hours 32 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, 3 hours 27 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, 2 hours 23 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, 1 hour 31 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
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:59 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
ILZ009-010-021800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1255 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 12 50 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM GALESGBURG TO NORTHWEST OF MACOMB TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY AROUND 2 PM AND INTO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY AROUND 4 PM. IT WILL BE HOT AND VERY HUMID THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S WITH SOUTHERLY BREEZES OF 10 TO 20 MPH. PALMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Carroll | 35 min |
| 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, 1:55 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
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.