Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1992, 7:57 PM CDT for Carroll County, Stephenson County, Illinois. It was in force for 48 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
- Apr 10, 1992, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carroll County, IL, Stephenson County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 8:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Stephenson, 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 287 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 460 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 848 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KRFD 110057
SVRRFD
ILC177-015-110145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
757 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
WESTERN STEPHENSON...
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF ILLINOIS
CARROLL...
AT 7 50 PM CDT RADAR INDCATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE
CENTRAL CARROLL/JO DAVIESS COUNTY LINE APPROCHING PLEASANT VALLEY.
THIS IS ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF ROCKFORD. TREES WERE REPORTED BLWN D
OWN WITH THIS STORM NORTH OF SAVANNA IN NORTHWEST CARROLL COUNTY
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
COLETA...PEARL CITY...FREEPORT.
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...GO TO A REINFORECED
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...16. SANDERSWhat 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, Apr 10, 4:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
ILZ009-010-110015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 500 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 117 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT... THERE IS NO PRECIPITATION OVER CENTRAL OR EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL IOWA FROM NEAR WATERLOO THROUGH SOUTHWEST IOWA...THESE WERE THE CLOSEST TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING EVENIN0G...SOME COULD BE SEVERE. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. DB
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-102330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 535 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
ILZ009-010-110015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 600 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 117 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT... THERE IS NO PRECIPITATION OVER CENTRAL OR EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN IOWA...AND WERE THE CLOSEST THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING WILL ALLOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING... SOME COULD BE SEVERE. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. DB
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-110100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 645 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN OR CENTRAL ILLINOIS AS OF 640 PM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING IN CENTRAL IOWA EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STORMS IN IOWA WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH. UNLESS NEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING...NO STORMS ARE EXPECTED IN OUR REGION UNTIL 900 OR 1000 PM. STAY TUNED TO TELEVISION...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MILLER
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:01 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
ILZ009-010-110015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 700 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 7 PM...NO PRECIPITATION WAS OVER CENTRAL OR EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN IOWA...FROM NEAR DUBUQUE TO OTTUMWA. THESE WERE THE CLOSEST THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AEND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. PLEASE LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS FOR UPDATES. DB
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:42 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 740 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN OR CENTRAL ILLINOIS AS OF 730 PM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS EXTENDED FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ILLINOIS NEAR GALENA TO 30 MILES WEST OF MOLINE TO OTTUMWA IOWA SOUTHWEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STORMS SHOULD BE IN THE BURLINGTON AREA BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM. STAY TUNED TO TELEVISION...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR PTHE LATEST 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Carroll, Ogle | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Ogle, Winnebago | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee | 40 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.