Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 1992, 5:36 PM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1992, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fulton County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 400 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
- 1801 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 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 252236
TORPIA
ILC057-252345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
536 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
CENTRAL FULTON
AT 532PM... RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO EXITING MCDONOUGH COUNTY
INTO CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE MARIETTA...SMITHFIELD... CUBA
AND BRYANT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER
IF AVAILABLE...OTHERWISE TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
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.
OPTIONAL FREE FORMAT STATEMENT (IF USED, DELETE THIS)
ATTN ISP 14
MOGGEDWhat 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 25, 3:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
ILZ009-010-252115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 320 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992 ...FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN LOGAN COUNTY... AT 310 PM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN MIDDLETOWN...20 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF LOGAN COUNTY. BY 320 PM THE CENTER OF THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS JUST WEST OF LINCOLN. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE GENERALLY TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. PERSONS IN MOUNT PULASKI AND CHESTERVALE SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS UNTIL 4PM CST. FS
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
ILZ009-010-252215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 408 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 410 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 30 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...FROM NEAR ILLIOPOLIS TO DIVERNON. OTHER AREAS OF STRONG STORMS WERE FROM 40 TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD IN THE CARLINVILLE...HILLSBORO AREAS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULD BE ON THE L~OOKOUT FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. DB
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
ILZ009-010-252215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION FOR TIMES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 410 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 410 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 30 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...FROM NEAR ILLIOPOLIS TO DIVERNON. OTHER AREAS OF STRONG STORMS WERE FROM 40 TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD IN THE CARLINVILLE...HILLSBORO AREAS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. DB
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:46 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-252230-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
445 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
AT 435 PM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND
EXTENDED FROM GALEBURG TO BURLINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 5
MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS AT MONMOUTH. A CLUSTER
OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN SOUTHERN FULTON AND WESTERN MASON COUNTIES. THE
STRONGEST STORM IN THIS GROUP WAS NEAR TABLE GROVE... 48 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STOMS WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST...COVERING MUCH OF
MCDONOUGH...KNOX AND WARREN COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT
SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL REACH THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF PEORIA COUNTY DURING
THIS PERIOD. THE STORMS IN MSON COUNTY WILL MOVE ET AND AFFECT THE SOUTHERN
FRINGES OF TAZEWELL COUNTY.
MOGGEDSpecial weather statement, Jul 25, 4:51 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-252230-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
445 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
AT 435 PM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND
EXTENDED FROM GALEBURG TO BURLINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 5
MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS AT MONMOUTH. A CLUSTER
OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN SOUTHERN FULTON AND WESTERN MASON COUNTIES. THE
STRONGEST STORM IN THIS GROUP WAS NEAR TABLE GROVE... 48 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST...COVERING MUCH OF
MCDONOUGH...KNOX AND WARREN COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT
SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL REACH THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF PEORIA COUNTY DURING
THIS PERIOD. THE STORMS IN MASON COUNTY WILL MOVE EAST AND AFFECT THE SOUTHERN
FRINGE2S OF TAZEWELL COUNTY.
MOGGEDSpecial weather statement, Jul 25, 5:06 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
ILZ009-010-252315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 505 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 505 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DECATUR TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR...FROM NEAR BLUE MOUND TO PANA. THIS AREA WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE MOWEAQUA...SHELBYVILLE...FINDLAY AREAS THROUGH 6 PM. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 25 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR BROADWELL. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS THROUGHOUT CENTRAVL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. DB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McDonough | 43 min |
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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.