Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1992, 5:15 PM CDT for Ogle County, Winnebago County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1992, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ogle County, IL, Winnebago County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 271 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
- 817 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 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 KRFD 132215
SVRRFD
ILC201-141-132245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
515 PM CDT MON JUL 13 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
WINNEBAGO...OGLE
AT 510 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING
BYRON...IN NORTHERN OGLE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEASST AROUND 45 MPH.
SOME COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
ROCKFORD...WINNEBAGO...PECATONICA...BYRON
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...MOVE OUT OF AREAS
THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING...AND GO TO A REINFORCED 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...2...16. PETROVICHWhat 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 13, 11:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-131930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1150 AM CDT MON JUL 13 1992 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR OVER OUR REGION WILL COMBINE FORCES WITH A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN IOWA ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS TO RAPIDLY PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RESIDENTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-132045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 305 PM CDT MON JUL 13 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 230 PM CDT...THE WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF GALESBURG AND MONMOUTH. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...KNOX...WARREN... HENDERSON...AND HANCOCK. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AT 3 PM BUT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MENTIONED COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BREESER MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-132045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 305 PM CDT MON JUL 13 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 230 PM CDT...THE WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF GALESBURG AND MONMOUTH. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...KNOX...WARREN... HENDERSON...AND HANCOCK. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AT 3 PM BUT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MENTIONED COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-132045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 335 PM CDT MON JUL 13 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 330 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES WERE IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF ILLINOIS. ONE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR... KNOX...WARREN...HENDERSON...AND HANCOCK COUNTIES. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAD BEEN ISSUED AT 320 PM IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR BUREAU...PUTNAM AND MARSHALL COUNTIES. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AT 330 PM BUT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MENTIONED COUNTIES THROUGH THE EVENING. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:52 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-132145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 445 PM CDT MON JUL 13 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 440 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR KNOX...WARREN...HENDERSON...AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 9PM. IN ADDITION A WATCH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR BUREAU...PUTNAM AND MARSHALL COUNTIES. ALSO AT 440 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS. THOUGH THE STORMS TO THE WEST OF OUR REGION PRESENTED NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO WESTERN OR CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THTUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. BREESER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Hancock | 32 min |
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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.