Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1992, 9:48 PM CDT for Peoria County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 1992, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Peoria County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 423 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
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPIA 080248
SVRPIA
ILC143-080330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
948 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
PEORIA
AT 9:45 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
YATES CITY...20 MILES WEST OF PEORIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
TOWNNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE OLIN AND WILL REACH PEORIA
AROUND 10:15 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.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS. MOVE INDOOR IF POSSIBLE. WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING
TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
ATTN ISP 8
MOGGEDWhat 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, Sep 7, 6:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-080230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 635 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DOTTED MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL ILLIOIS... AT 630 PM... RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN NORTHERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY AND NORTHERNFULTON COUNTY. THE NEAREST ACTIVITY TO PEORIA WAS NEAR BRIMFIELD... 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEORIA. ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO PEORIA AROUND 7 PM. THESE WILL BE THE STRONGER STORMS THAT WERE IN NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY. SMALL HAIL... HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 7:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-080130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 735 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL ILLIOIS... AT 730 PM... RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THE AREA OF MAIN CONCERN IS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF MOLINE TO 20 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS LINE WAS 20 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AROUND 8 PM AFFECTING MAINLY HENDERSON COUNTY BY 8 PM. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS NORTH OF QUINCY WHICH WILL SLIDE EAST INTO SCHUYLER AND SOUTHERN MCDONOUGH COUNTIES THROUGH 8:30 PM. THE STORMS IN THE PEORIA AREA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8:30 PM. SMALL HAIL... FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING... HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ALL THESE STORMS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 7:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-080130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 735 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL ILLIOIS... AT 730 PM... RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THE AREA OF MAIN CONCERN IS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF MOLINE TO 20 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS LINE WAS 20 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AROUND 8 PM AFFECTING MAINLY HENDERSON COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS NORTH OF QUINCY WHICH WILL SLIDE EAST INTO SCHUYLER AND SOUTHERN MCDONOUGH COUNTIES THROUGH 8:30 PM. THE STORMS IN THE PEORIA AREA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8:30 PM. SMALL HAIL... FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING... HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ALL THESE STORMS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 8:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
ILZ009-010-080230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 8 40 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 2 AM CDT TUE... AT 8 35 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAIN MOVING INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM HAVANA TO 30 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD AT JACKSONVILLE TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND SHOULD REACH A SPRINGFIELD TO CARLINVILLE LINE BY AROUND 915 TO 930 PM. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EASTERN MISSOURI ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS AT AROUND 10 PM. IN ADDITION...OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY AROUND 10 PM. PERSONS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. HAVE A PLAN THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MONITOR TELEVSION... RADIO STATIONS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. PALMER
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 9:41 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-080330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 940 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WARREN AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 9:35 PM... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD ACCELERATED AND WEAKENED AS THEY MOVED EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM PEORIA TO AUGUSTA IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF HANCOCK COUNTY... ABOUT 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WERE RECEIVED FROM WARREN OR MCDONOUGH COUNTIES. THE LINE OF STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH FULTON...SCHUYLER AND PEORIA COUNTIES THROGH 10:30 PM CROSSING THE ILLINOIS RIVER AND POSSIBLY AFFECTING MASON... TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD COUNTIES BY 11 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 9:44 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
ILZ009-010-080330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 9 40 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 2 AM CDT TUE... AT 9 35 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...35 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST. LOUIS JUST SOUTH OF GREENFIELD ILLINOIS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS CARLINVILLE BY AROUND 10 30 PM. FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. ALSO...A 20 TO 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF LIGHT RAIN WAS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM LINCOLN THROUGH SPRINGFIELD TO CARLINVILLE. THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. HAVE A PLAN THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MONITOR TELEVSION... RADIO STATIONS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. PALMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough, Warren | 60 min |
| Sep 7, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 50 min |
| Sep 7, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard | 26 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.