Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 8:22 PM CDT for Macoupin County, Morgan County, Illinois. It was in force for 68 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, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Macoupin County, IL, Morgan County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:54 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 3595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSPI 030122
SVRSPI
ILC137-117-030230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
822 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
MORGAN...MACOUPIN
AT 820 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDER/
STORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM MEREDOSIA...45 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD
TO GREENFIELD...45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO ST LOUIS.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL
MOVE INTO THE FOLLOWING TOWNS...JACKSONVILLE...WAVERLY...PALMYRA...
CARLINVILLE...BRIGHTON...BUNKER HILL AND STAUNTON.
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 55 TO 70 MPH WINDS WHEN
THEY MOVED THROUGH PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
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 THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES
AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPIMENT UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. MOTORISTS TSHOULD
NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
ATTN ISP DIST...18 AND9
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, 5:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 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, 2 hours 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
Local storm report, Jul 2, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
700 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992
REPORTS FOR JULY 2 1992
COUNTY TIME CDT REPORT
HENDERSON. 1300 CDT OQUAWKA, 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURLINGTON:
TREES BLOCKING HIGHWAY 164 8 MILES EAST ON COUNTY LINE.
WARREN.... 1300 CDT MONMOUTH, 27 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BURLINGTON:
HIGHWAYS 164 AND 135 BLOCKED BY TREES 7 TO 8 MILES WEST
OF TOWN.
KNOX...... 1305 CDT GALESBURG, 44 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF PEORIA:
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWNED BY WINDS.
WARREN.... 1310 CDT MONMOUTH, 27 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BURLINGTON:
TREES DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS AT MONMOUTH.
PEORIA.... 1353 CDT PEORIA:
67 MPH WIND AT NWS OFFICE AT GREATER PEORIA AIRPORT.
PEORIA.... 1402 CDT PEORIA:
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN NEAR KOENER ROAD REPORTED BY
ESDA SPOTTER.
PEORIA.... 1403 CDT PEORIA:
70 MPH WINDS AT MAIN STREET AND SHERIDAN REPORTED BY ESDA
SPOTTER.
PEORIA.... 1404 CDT PEORIA:
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNED ON ADAMS STREET.
PEORIA.... 1416 CDT CHILLICOTHE, 18 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF PEORIA:
HOUSE AT 3RD AND SYCAMORE DEMOLISHED BY WINDS AND FALLING
TREES.
WOODFORD.. 1417 CDT METAMORA, 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEORIA:
ROOFS DESTROYED ON HOUSES BY HIGH WINDS.
WOODFORD.. 1427 CDT ROANOKE, 23 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF PEORIA:
60 MPH WIND GUST AT ESDA EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
PEORIA.... 1408 CDT PEORIA:
TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO A HOUSE ON WILCOX STREET.
MCLEAN.... 1450 CDT GRIDLEY, 19 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON:
60 MPH WIND MEASURED BY SPOTTER.
TAZEWELL.. 1410 CDT CREVE COEUR, 3 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA:
ROOF BLOWN OFF OF THE COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER.
MASON..... 1520 CDT MASON CITY, 28 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD:
TREES DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
SCHUYLER.. 1620 CDT BROOKLYN, 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY:
TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 101 IN WEINBERG-KING STATE PARK
AREA.
SCHUYLER.. 1628 CDT LITTLETON, 46 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY:
60 MPH WINDS MEASURED BY SPOTTER 6 MILES NORTH OF TOWN.
MC DONOUGH 1630 CDT MACOMB, 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGTON:
TREES DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
THERE WERE NUMEROUS OTHER REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF PEORIA
FROM 2:00 PM TO ABOUT 2:15 PM CDT. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE DOWNED
CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
THERE WAS NO REPORT OF A TORNADO... AND AT THIS TIME NO REPORTED EVIDENCE
OF TORNADIC-TYPE STORM DAMAGE FROM THIS STORM.
JACOBSSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 7:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
ILZ010-030100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 710 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 705 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 45 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN...IN COLES...SHELBY...MOULTRIE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES. ALSO...A STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DANVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. REMEMBER...PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL... FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BYRD
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:27 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
ILZ006-030115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 725 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING REMAINED IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND 715 PM. THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT PRINCETON TO 20 MILES WEST OF PEORIA TO ABOUT QUINCY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH AND WILL BE MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BY 830 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SOME GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT THEY ARE NOT EpXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:57 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
ILZ009-010-030200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 800 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MACOUPIN AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 755 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE EAST OF A LINE FROM BLOOMINGTON TO 15 MILES WEST OF DECATUR TO VANDALIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND JACKSONVILLE. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A NEW AREA OF DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...FROM PITTSFIELD TO ST LOUIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO WESTERN MORGAN AND MACOUPIN COUNTIES BY 830 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 60 TO 75 MILE AN HOUR WINDS WHEN THEY MOVED THROUGH PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI. REMEMBER...BE ALERT TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BYRD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Sangamon | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Montgomery | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Hancock | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 52 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.