Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1992, 9:16 PM CDT for Bureau County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1992, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1992, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bureau County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 361 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
- 956 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 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 200216
TORPIA
ILC011-200300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
916 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
WESTERN BUREAU
AT 9:14 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ENTERING THE
WESTERN PART OF BUREAU COUNTY NEAR INTERSTATE 80. STATE POLICE
OFFICERS HAVE SPOTTED FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM.
THE TORNADO HAS BEEN MOVING SOUTHEAT AT 30 MPH.
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE MINERAL AND SHEFFIELD
AND BUDA... ALL IN WESTERN BUREAU COUNTY.
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.
ATTN ISP 17
JACOBSWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 19, 7:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-200045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 750 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9PM FOR BUREAU AND PUTNAM COUNTIES... AT 7:47 PM... RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN FULTON COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF MARIETTA... WHICH IS 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE OVER LEWISTOWN AT ABOUT 8:30 PM. ALTHOUGH THE STORM HAS BEEN GRADUALLY WEAKENING... IT MAY STILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL TO FULTON COUNTY. FURTHER WEST... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED FROM IOWA INTO HANCOCK COUNTY NEAR HAMILTON AND NAUVOO. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. JACOBS
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-200130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION TO UGC HEADER ONLY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 750 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9PM FOR BUREAU AND PUTNAM COUNTIES... AT 7:47 PM... RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN FULTON COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF MARIETTA... WHICH IS 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE OVER LEWISTOWN AT ABOUT 8:30 PM. ALTHOUGH THE STORM HAS BEEN GRADUALLY WEAKENING... IT MAY STILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL TO FULTON COUNTY. FURTHER WEST... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED FROM IOWA INTO HANCOCK COUNTY NEAR HAMILTON AND NAUVOO. THtESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. JACOBS
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:18 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
ILZ009-200215- SHORT TERM WEATHER FOR CENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 8 15 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 810 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING CLOSER TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND WAS ALONG A LINE FROM ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...NEAR HAVANA...TO 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR BEARDSTOWN. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF CASS...MENARD AND LOGAN COUNTIES BY 9 PM. GUSTY WINDS TO 50 TO 60 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY HAVE MOVED OUT OF SOUTHEASTERN IOWA THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLIER MENTIONED COUNTIES...SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. DB
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:19 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
ILZ009-200215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT....CORRECTION OF HEADER ONLY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 8 15 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 810 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING CLOSER TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND WAS ALONG A LINE FROM ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...NEAR HAVANA...TO 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR BEARDSTOWN. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF CASS...MENARD AND LOGAN COUNTIES BY 9 PM. GUSTY WINDS TO 50 TO 60 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY HAVE MOVED OUT OF SOUTHEASTERN IOWA THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLIER MENTIONED COUNTIES...SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NATIONAL WCEATHER SERVICE RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AS THEST STORMS APPROACH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. DB
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 9:06 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-200250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 900 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH EXPIRED AT 9PM FOR BUREAU AND PUTNAM COUNTIES... AT 8:55 PM... RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY NEAR KILBOURNE... 45 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA. IN WESTERN ILLINOIS... THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER HANCOCK COUNTY AND CAUSED MARBLE-SIZED HAIL IN NAUVOO AT ABOUT 8:00 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING BUT MAY STILL CAUSE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. ELSEWHERE... A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST WEST OF BUREAU COUNTY. FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AND A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT F|OR NEIGHBORING HENRY COUNTY. THE SITUATION IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED AND A TORNADO WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR WESTERN BUREAU COUNTY. STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. /JACOBS/
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 9:16 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
ILZ009-200315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 9 10 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 AT 910 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED NORTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR ATLANTA...TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR PETERSBURG...TO 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR BEARDSTOWN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR NEWMANSVILLE. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH 10 PM. THIS WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF LINCOLN...MT PULASKI...SPRINGFIELD ...PETERSBURG...AND VIRGINIA. STRONG WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH WESTERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLIER MENTIONED AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AS THEST STORMS MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. DB
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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.