Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1992, 1:20 AM CDT for Douglas County, Moultrie County, Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 25 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 30, 1992, 1:20 AM CDT (06:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1992, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 1:38 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Douglas, 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 305 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
- 813 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSPI 300620
SVRSPI
ILC041-139-147-029-300645-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
120 AM CDT THU JUL 30 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
WESTERN DOUGLAS...WESTERN COLES...
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN MOULTRIE...SOUTHEAST PIATT...
AT 116 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN TO SULLIVAN...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DECATUR.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING TOWNS...GARRETT...ATWOOD...TUSCOLA...
ARTHUR...ARCOLA...HUMBOLDT...SULLIVAN AND MATTOON.
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 EMERG6ENCY. MOTORISTS SHOULD
NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
ATTN ISP DIST...10
BYRDWhat 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 29, 9:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
ILZ009-010-300415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 955 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 950 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. ALSO...RADAR INDICATED A 15 MILE WIDE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF JOLIET TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA TO 10 MILES NORTH OF QUINCY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY 11 PM. SKIES WILL REMAIN PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO AROUND 70 BY MIDNIGHT. BE ALERT TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BYRD
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 10:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-300400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
1025 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992
...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...EXTENDED FROM ABOUT MARSEILLES TO THE PEORIA VICINITY TO
ABOUT BEARDSTOWN AT 1020 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM
15 MILES SOUTHEAST TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON. THE STRONGEST
STORMS EXTENDED FROM MORTON...10 MILES EAST OF PEORIA...TO 25 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE
EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BY 1100 PM.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFENCT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR OUR ENTIRE AREA.
MILLERSpecial weather statement, Jul 29, 11:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-300515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1120 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS WERE IN MCLEAN COUNTY ALONG AND EAST OF I-55 AT 1115 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE OUT OF MCLEAN COUNTY INTO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND MIDNIGHT. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EXTREME NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST IOWA FROM THE QUAD CITIES TO ABOUT BURLINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH MONMOUTH AROUND MIDNIGHT. IF THE STORMS REMAIN INTACT THEY WILL MOVE TOWARD GALESBURG AROUND 1230 AM. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH WESTERN ILLINOIS. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 12:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
ILZ009-010-300600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1203 AM CDT THU JUL 30 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT MIDNIGHT...RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 40 MILES NORTH OF CHAMPAIGN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST WEST OF MAROA...14 MILES NORTH OF DECATUR TO MT AUBURN...18 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DECATUR. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. SKIES WILL REMAIN PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT WITH SHOWERSx AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. BE ALERT TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BYRD
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 12:26 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-300630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1225 PM CDT THU JUL 30 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN ILLINOIS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WERE IN WESTERN ILLINOIS FROM ABOUT BURLINGTON TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEORIA TO 45 MILES EAST OF MOLINE AT 1220 AM. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR GALESBURG. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS 10 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON AND EAST OF I-55 IN MCLEAN COUNTY. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH. THE STORMS IN WESTERN ILLINOIS ARE EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM MONMOUTH THROUGH GALESBURG TO ABOUT PRINCEVILLE BETWEEN 100 AND 130 AM. THE THUNDERSHOWERS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL MOVE EAST OF MCLEAN COUNTY BY 130 AM...UNLESS ADDTIONAL RAINFALL DEVELOPS. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 12:29 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-300630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1225 AM CDT THU JUL 30 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN ILLINOIS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WERE IN WESTERN ILLINOIS FROM ABOUT BURLINGTON TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEORIA TO 45 MILES EAST OF MOLINE AT 1220 AM. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR GALESBURG. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS 10 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON AND EAST OF I-55 IN MCLEAN COUNTY. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH. THE STORMS IN WESTERN ILLINOIS ARE EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM MONMOUTH THROUGH GALESBURG TO ABOUT PRINCEVILLE BETWEEN 100 AND 130 AM. THE THUNDERSHOWERS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL MOVE EAST OF MCLEAN COUNTY BY 130 AM...UNLESS ADDTIONAL RAINFALL DEVELOPS. MILLER /CORRECTION TO TIME OF DAY IN HEADER FROM PM TO AM/
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard | 49 min |
| Jul 29, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Piatt | 35 min |
| Jul 30, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles | 25 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.