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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1992, 2:23 PM CDT for McDonough County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1992, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 2:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County McDonough County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 414 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
- 1159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIA 021925 TORPIA ILC109-169-022000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 223 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...MCDONOUGH COUNTY...SCHUYLER COUNTY AT 222 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN WESTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY NEAR HUNTSVILLE...34 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BROOKLYN...LITTLETON... RUSHVILLE AND INDUSTRY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. ATTN...ISP DIST.l..14 AND 20 MILLER
What 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, Jul 2, 9:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
ILZ006-021530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 945 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 940 AM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARCED FROM KNOXVILLE TO MACOMB WHILE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN PEORIA AND SOUTHERN STARK COUNTIES. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 15 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON. THE STONGEST STORM IN THE KNOXVILE-MACOMB LINE WAS NEAR FAIRVIEW IN NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND HAD ACCELERATED TO 35 TO 40 MPH. EXPECT THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO SWEEP THROUGH THE PEORIA AREA BEFORE 11 AM. THE STORM WEST OF BURLINGTON WILL ENTER CENTRAL HENDERSON BY 1030 AM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... STRONG WINDS... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
ILZ006-021530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 945 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 940 AM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARCED FROM KNOXVILLE TO MACOMB WHILE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN PEORIA AND SOUTHERN STARK COUNTIES. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 15 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON. THE STONGEST STORM IN THE KNOXVILE-MACOMB LINE WAS NEAR FAIRVIEW IN NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND HAD ACCELERATED TO 35 TO 40 MPH. EXPECT THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO SWEEP THROUGH THE PEORIA AREA BEFORE 11 AM. THE STORM WEST OF BURLINGTON WILL ENTER CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY BY 10:30 AM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... STRONG WINDS... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 10:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
ILZ006-021630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1045 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENING TO MAINLY SHOWERS EAST OF PEORIA... AT 1040 AM... THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS PEORIA COUNTY HAD DISSIPATED TO MAINLY SHOWERS IN WOODFORD AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THIS WAS THE ONLY ACTIVITY OCCURRING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. EXPECT THE SHOWERS TO CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE AS THEY MOVE INTO MCLEAN COUNTY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ENTER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
ILZ006-021730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1140 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 5 PM... AT 11:35 AM... NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... HOWEVER A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS... SOME SEVERE... EXTENDED FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF IOWA... ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON... TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MISSOURI... ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF QUINCY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL ENTER THE FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE HEARTLAND... AFFFECTING HENDERSON AND HANCOCK COUNTIES BY 12:30 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO,AND TV STATIONS FOR FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
ILZ009-010-021800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1255 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 12 50 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM GALESGBURG TO NORTHWEST OF MACOMB TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY AROUND 2 PM AND INTO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY AROUND 4 PM. IT WILL BE HOT AND VERY HUMID THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S WITH SOUTHERLY BREEZES OF 10 TO 20 MPH. PALMER
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:49 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
ILZ009-010-022000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1 48 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1 45 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BETWEEN BURLINGTON IOWA AND MALCOMB ILLINOIS TO QUINCY AND ON TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY AROUND 3 PM AND INTO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY AROUND 5 PM. IT WILL BE HOT AND VERY HUMID THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S WITH SOUTHERLY BREEZES OF 10 TO 20 MPH. PALMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Carroll | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Henderson, Warren | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Ogle, Stephenson | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Hancock | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Boone, DeKalb | 17 min |
| Jul 2, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 67 min |
| Jul 2, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 68 min |
| Jul 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 68 min |
Nearby
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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.