Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1992, 12:45 PM CDT for Mason County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 1992, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1992, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mason County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 378 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
- 1613 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 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 KPIA 091745
SVRPIA
ILC179-125-091815-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
1245 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
TAZEWELL...EASTERN MASON
AT 12:39 PM... RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
EASTERN MASON COUNTY A FEW MILES WEST OF MASON CITY. RADAR ALSO
INDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN TAZEWELL COUNTY NEAR
MANITO. THIS IS 25 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA.
THIS STORM SHOULD AFFECT MASON CITY... DELAVAN AND HOPEDALE DURING
THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
ATTN ISP 8 AND 9
JACOBSWhat 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 9, 9:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
ILZ010-091500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 900 AM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 855 AM CDT...RAEAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER/ STORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE NORTH!OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF QUINCY TO SPRINGFIELD TO 20 MILES NORTH OF CHAMPAIGN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF QUINCY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. BE ALERT TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BYRD
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 10:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
ILZ010-091600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1000 AM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 955 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER/ STORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM QUINCY TO 10 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO BLOOMINGTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. BE ALERT TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BYRD
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 10:16 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-091610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1015 AM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE WEST AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS AREA... AT 1010 AM... RADAR INIDCATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM QUINCY TO SPRINGFIELD TO LEROY IN SOUTHEAST MCLEAN COUNTY ...15 SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. THE AREA OF RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY AND WESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE TERRE HOUTE...CARTHAGE AND WEST POINT. THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINS... GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY AND WESTERN MCDONOUGH AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES BY BEFORE 11 AM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 11 AM CDT. NELSON
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 11:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
ILZ010-091700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1105 AM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1100 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY...NEAR MACOMB TO 10 MILES WEST OF QUINCY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL INTO CASS COUNTY BY NOON. REMEMBER DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ALSO...TORNADOES CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. BE ALERT TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BYRD
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 12:01 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
ILZ010-091800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL NOON CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1155 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDER/ STORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF QUINCY TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH CASS...MORGAN AND MENARD COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD... NEAR HAVANA TO 25 MILES EAST OF QUINCY. REMEMBER DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ALSO...TORNADOES CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. BE ALERT TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BYRD
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 12:29 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-091825 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1230 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 4PM... AT 12:25 PM... RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHERN MASON COUNTY... 20 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA... DOWN THROUGH CENTRAL MASON COUNTY ACROSS MASON CITY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS... BUT THERE IS HEAVY RAIN AND A CHANCE FOR STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ELSEWHERE... A GENERAL AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF THE CENTRAL ILLINOIS AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM BLOOMINGTON TO MEREDOSIA. THIS INCLUDED THE PEORxIA AREA. JACOBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough, Schuyler | 52 min |
| Sep 9, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Hancock | 44 min |
| Sep 9, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough, Warren | 37 min |
| Sep 9, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell | 52 min |
| Sep 9, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 64 min |
| Sep 9, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 54 min |
| Sep 9, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 54 min |
| Sep 9, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 39 min |
| Sep 9, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 45 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.