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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 1992, 6:26 PM CDT for Menard County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1992, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Menard County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 326 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
- 1224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 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 KSPI 092332 COR
TORSPI
ILC167-129-100000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
626 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
NORTHERN SANGAMON...SOUTHERN MENARD
AT 623 PM CDT...UNCONFIRMED TORNADO TOWNDOWNS NEAR LITERBERRY
...SINCLEAR AND PRENTISS IN MORGAN COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE PLEASANT PLAINS..SALISBURY...
ANDREW...TALLULA...ATHENS...CANTRELL AND WILLIAMSVILLE ILLINOIS.
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 ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN AND OCCASIONALLYX DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
ATTN ISP DIST...9
HILLIARDWhat 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 9, 3:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-092130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 330 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 7 PM FOR HANCOCK...MCDONOUGH... SCHUYLER...FULTON AND MASON COUNTIES... AT 325 PM... SHOWERS WITH POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS DETECTED ALONG A LINE FROM WEST CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY 43 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA TO NORTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY...23 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. IN ADDITION... MAINLY SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS EAST OF A LINE FROM BURLINGTON TO QUINCY...EAST TO GALESBURG. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE HEART OF ILLINOIS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COUNTIES MENTIONED TO THE SOUTH OF PEORIA. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
ILZ009-010-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 4 00 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT... AT 355 PM CDT...WEATHER RADARS SHOWS AND AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER/ STORMS EAST OF A LINE FROM GIBSON CITY 22 MILES NORTH OF CHAMPAIGN TO ASSUMPTON 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR BURLINGTON IOWA TO GIBSON CITY ILLINOIS. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA JUST SOUTH OF MARTINSVILLE ILLINOIS. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMPS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 7 PM CDT. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO BE ON THE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVED TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. HILLIARD
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-092230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 440 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 7 PM FOR HANCOCK...MCDONOUGH... SCHUYLER...FULTON AND MASON COUNTIES... AT 435 PM... MAINLY SHOWERS WITH POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY NEAR GRANVILLE...45 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEORIA. MOVEMENT OF ALL OF THE SHOWERS WAS TO THE EAST NORHTEAST AT 30 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE HEART OF ILLINOIS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COUNTIES MENTIONED TO THE SOUTH OF PEORIA. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
ILZ009-010-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 5 00 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT... AT 455 PM CDT...WEATHER RADARS SHOWS A SCATTERED AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM QUINCY TO DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR FREDERICK ILLINOIS AND NEAR PARNELL 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL ...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOI0S UNTIL 7 PM CDT. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT OF THESE STORMS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER OCCURRS. HILLIARD
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:38 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-092330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 535 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 7 PM FOR HANCOCK...MCDONOUGH... SCHUYLER...FULTON AND MASON COUNTIES... AT 500 PM... A FEW STRONG STORMS HAD DEVELOPED NEAR QUINCY AND AT 525 PM WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN SCHUYLER AND WESTERN MASON COUNTIES. THIS WAS PART OF A LARGER STORM SYSTEM THAT EXTENDED SOUTH INTO BROWN AND CASS COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. A SMALL THUNDERSTORM HAD HAD MOVED THROUGH KEOKUK IOWA INTO CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS ALSO MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35. SCATTERED SHOWERS DOTTED THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE HEART OF ILLINOIS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COUNTIES MENTIONED TO THE SOUTH OF PEORIA PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS . STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TV STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:06 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
ILZ009-010-100100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 6 00 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT... AT 6 PM CDT...A NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ACROSS NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BENN IN THE SAME GENERAL LOCATION FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY SPRINGFIELD FOR INFORMATION ON THEM. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 7 PM CDT. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT OF THESE STORMS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER OCCURRS. FS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 52 min |
| Jul 9, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 41 min |
| Jul 9, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 69 min |
| Jul 9, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 39 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.