Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1992, 4:31 PM CDT for Clark County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 1992, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1992, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 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, 9.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSPI 162131
SVRSPI
ILC023-162215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
431 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
CLARK
AT 4 15 PM CDT...70 MPH WINDS WERE RECORDED IN CASEY ILLINOIS WHICH
IS ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA.
RADAR SHOWS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN MARTINSVILLE AND WEST
UNION IN CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
MARTINSVILLE...MARSHALL AND WEST UNION ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF
THIS STORM.
IFL 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.
ATTN ISP DIST...12
PALMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Shelby | 28 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.