Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 6:52 PM CDT for Macoupin County, Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 68 min. 2 reports 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, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Macoupin County, IL, Montgomery County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Macoupin, IL | |
| Jul 2, 7:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Macoupin, 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 257 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.
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TTAA00 KSPI 022352
SVRSPI
ILC135-117-030100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
652 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
MONTGOMERY...EASTERN MACOUPIN
AT 650 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDER/
STORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...
BETWEEN PALMYRA AND GIRARD TO BETWEEN BUNKER HILL AND STAUTON...
35 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST LOUIS.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE FOLLOWING TOWNS ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS...STAUNTON...
CARLINVILLE...HILLSBORO...GILLESPIE AND LITCHFIELD.
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 AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
REMEMBER...SEVERE ThHUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
ATTN ISP DIST...18
BYRDWhat 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, 12:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 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, 5 hours 3 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, 3 hours 55 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, 2 hours 26 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
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
ILZ009-022315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 545 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE SPRINGFIELD AREA. HEAVY RAINS AND WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF STORMS THAT STRETCHES FROM BLOOMINGTON TO SPRINGFIELD TO 45 MILES SOUTjHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE AREA IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH WHILE THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS. ATTN ISP DIST 9 CF
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:22 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
ILZ006-022315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 615 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAS BEEN CANCELLED... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE EAST OF A BRADFORD-PEORIA-HAVANA LINE AND WILL CONINTUE IN THIS AREA THROUGH 7:30 PM. CONDITIONS FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAVE DETERIORATED AS THIS AREA MOVED EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. MOGGED
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, 4:44 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 |
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.