Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 8:56 PM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1992, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fulton County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 400 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 KPIA 030156
SVRPIA
ILC057-125-030300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
856 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN FULTON...
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
MASON...
AT 850 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME
NORTHEAST SCHUYLER COUNTY 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY. THIS STORM
WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
TOWARD ASTORIA AND MARBLETOWN BETWEEN 900 AND 930 PM.
THE STORM IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO MASON COUNTY TOWARD HAVANA
...EASTON AND MASON CITY BETWEEN 930 AND 1000 PM.
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 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 14 AND 20
MILLERWhat 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 34 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 57 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 48 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 29 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, 59 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, 12 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Morgan | 68 min |
| 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 | 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
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.