Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1992, 2:48 PM CDT for Clark County, Illinois. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1992, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1992, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 1224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 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 KSPI 091948
SVRSPI
ILC023-092045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
248 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
CLARK
AT 243 PM CDT TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE COLES
COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE IN SOUTHEAST COLES COUNTY. THIS STORM IS
MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
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.
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 SHOULD
NOT DRIVE INTO *LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
ATTN ISP DIST...12
HILLIARDWhat 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 9, 12:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-091830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1245 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 PM FOR SCHUYLER...FULTON AND MASON COUNTIES... AT 1243 PM... RADAR INDICATED MUCH OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WEAKENING. AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS COVERED ALL OF MCLEAN COUNTY AND EASTERN WOODFORD COUNTY. MORE SHOWERS BLANKETED MCDONOUGH AND SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTIES. THE MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS WAS EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE WERE RECEIVED ON THE STRONG STORM THAT SWEPT THROUGH MASON COUNTY LAST HOUR. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND AROUND THE WATCH\ AREA. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBL STAY TUNED TO TELEVISION...LOCAL RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OF WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 12:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-091830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1245 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 PM FOR SCHUYLER...FULTON AND MASON COUNTIES... AT 1243 PM... RADAR INDICATED MUCH OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WEAKENING. AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS COVERED ALL OF MCLEAN COUNTY AND EASTERN WOODFORD COUNTY. MORE SHOWERS BLANKETED MCDONOUGH AND SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTIES. THE MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS WAS EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE WERE RECEIVED ON THE STRONG STORM THAT SWEPT THROUGH MASON COUNTY LAST HOUR. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND AROUND THE WATCHb AREA. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE STAY TUNED TO TELEVISION...LOCAL RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OF WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-091930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 135 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR HANCOCK...MCDONOUGH... SCHUYLER...FULTON AND MASON COUNTIES... AT 130 PM... RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS SOUTH OF A BURLINGTON- PEORIA-BLLOMINGTON LINE. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS WERE IN TAZEWELL COUNTY WITH A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM AT MORTON. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED COVERING MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND AROUND THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE STAY TUNED TO TELEVISION...LOCAL RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:32 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-092030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 235 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR HANCOCK...MCDONOUGH... SCHUYLER...FULTON AND MASON COUNTIES... AT 230 PM... RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS DOTTING MOST OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST CONCENTRATION OF SHOWERS WAS FROM NORTHERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY TO PEORIA. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. MORE SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING WEST OF BURLINGTON. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS HOWEVER CONDITIONS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND AROUND THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE STAY TUNED TO TELEVISION...LOCAL RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS . MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:34 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-092030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 235 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR HANCOCK...MCDONOUGH... SCHUYLER...FULTON AND MASON COUNTIES... AT 230 PM... RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS DOTTING MOST OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST CONCENTRATION OF SHOWERS WAS FROM NORTHERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY TO PEORIA. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. MORE SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING WEST OF BURLINGTON. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS HOWEVER CONDITIONS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND AROUND THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE STAY TUNED TO TELEVISION...LOCAL RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS . MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:35 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-092030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 235 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR HANCOCK...MCDONOUGH... SCHUYLER...FULTON AND MASON COUNTIES... AT 230 PM... RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS DOTTING MOST OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST CONCENTRATION OF SHOWERS WAS FROM NORTHERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY TO PEORIA. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. MORE SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING WEST OF BURLINGTON. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND AROUND THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE STAY TUNED TO TELEVISION...LOCAL RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. . MOGGED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 52 min |
| Jul 9, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 41 min |
| Jul 9, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 69 min |
| Jul 9, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 34 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.