Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 4:44 PM CDT for Mason County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 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
- Jul 2, 1992, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mason County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 5:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Mason, 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 368 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
- 1159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPIA 022144
SVRPIA
ILC125-022230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
444 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
MASON
AT 4:43 PM... RADAR INDICATED A SHORT BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
PUSHING ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER INTO WESTERN MASON COUNTY BETWEEN
HAVANA AND KILBOURNE. THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE FOREST CITY... EASTON...
AND MASON CITY.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
ATTN ISP 9
JACOBSWhat 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, 10:55 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 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, 4 hours 57 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, 3 hours 45 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
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
ILZ009-010-022000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1 48 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1 45 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BETWEEN BURLINGTON IOWA AND MALCOMB ILLINOIS TO QUINCY AND ON TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY AROUND 3 PM AND INTO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY AROUND 5 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
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
ILZ009-010-022100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 2 55 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 2 55 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BLOOMINGTON TO 25 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO 55 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR MT STERLING. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STARTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND WILL MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY AROUND 5 PM. IT WILL BE HOT AND VERY HUMID THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S WITH SOUTHERLY BREEZES OF 10 TO 20 MPH. DB
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:26 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
ILZ009-022200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 425 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... THUDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CAPITAL AIRPORT IN SPRINGFIELD PRODUCED WINDS GUSTS TO 49 MPH. RADAR AT 420 PM INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SANGAMON..MENARD AND LOGAN COUNTIES TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING FROM MT PULASKI..25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE STORMS ARE HEADED FOR KENNEY..40 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD IN DEWITT COUNTY. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS. ATTN ISP DIST 6..9 CF 4
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, 1:18 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, 4:56 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.