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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 2, 1992Montgomery County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 8:46 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 59 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, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1992, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 9:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Montgomery, 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 250 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1992-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3595 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1992-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 030146
SVRSPI
ILC017-135-167-129-030245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
846 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
      CASS...MONTGOMERY...SANGAMON...MENARD

AT 845 PM CDT... WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDER/
STORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM BEARDSTOWN...30 MILES EAST OF QUINCY TO
25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO CARLINVILLE AND STAUNTON...
40 TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING TOWNS...VIRGINIA...PETERSBURG...SPRING/
FIELD...NEW BERLIN...AUBURN...FARMERSVILLE...LITCHFIELD AND
HILLSBORO.

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.

 ATTN ISP DIST...9 AND 18
 BYRD

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, 6:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 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
Local storm report, Jul 2, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 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.

JACOBS
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 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, 1 hour 19 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, 49 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
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:44 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
ILZ006-030215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
840 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AGAIN IN WESTERN ILLINOIS...

AT 835 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO PARTS OF WESTERN
ILLINOIS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BURLINGTON TO ABOUT BEARDSTOWN. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR CARTHAGE...28 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON...AND
IN WESTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY NEAR HUNTSVILLE...35 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH AND ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN...ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM NORTHEAST MISSOURI INTO HANCOCK COUNTY BETWEEN
900 AND 915 PM.

MILLER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacoupin, Morgan68 min
Jul 2, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Menard, Sangamon59 min
Jul 2, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton49 min
Jul 2, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason64 min
Jul 2, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXHancock33 min
Jul 2, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell52 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.