Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1992, 10:34 PM CDT for Cass County, Menard County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 1992, 10:34 PM CDT (03:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1992, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cass County, IL, Menard County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 346 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 KSPI 080341 COR SVRSPI ILC017-129-080400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1034 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 ...CORRECT LOCATIONS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...CASS COUNTY...MENARD COUNTY A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR BEARDSTOWN. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE...CHANDLERVILLE...VIRGINIA ...ASHLAND...PETERSBURG AND ATHENS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ATTN... ISP DIST 9 DB
What 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, 7:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 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 55 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 53 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, 53 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, 50 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
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 10:08 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
ILZ009-010-080330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1005 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 2 AM CDT TUE... AT 1000 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARLINVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO JUST SOUTH OF GIRARD IN NORTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY BY 1020 PM. OTHER STRONG STORMS HAVE MOVED INTO WESTERN CASS COUNTY 35 TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD AND EXTENDED NORTHEAST ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER TO PEORIA. THESE STRONG STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND SHOULD REACH A BLOOMINGTON TO SPRINGFIELD LINE BETWEEN 11 AND 1130 PM THESE STRONG STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND SOME HAIL. A BAND OF RAIN EXTENDED FROM BLOOMINGTON TO DECATUR TO CARLINVILLE. AND A FEW SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED ON THE WEST EDGE OF CHAMPAIGN. PERSONS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. TAKE SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. MONITOR TELEVISION...RADIO AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSILBLE WARNINGS AN8D STATEMENTS. 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, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 42 min |
| Sep 7, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.