Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 1992, 2:36 PM CDT for Will County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1992, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Will County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Will, IL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 338 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
- 475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 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 KCHI 171936 TORCHI ILC197-172015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 236 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS ...WESTERN WILL COUNTY AT 233 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MINOOKA...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOLIET. POLICE REPORTED FUNNEL CL&OUDS AT COAL CITY AT 230 PM. PEOPLE IN JOLIET AND LOCKPORT ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IN THE BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL. MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED. ATTN ISP 5 ALLSOPP
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, Jun 17, 12:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
ILZ001-002-171715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL 1205 AM CST WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH ALL NORTHERN ILLINOIS TILL 8PM CDT... RADAR AT 1205 CDT THIS AFTERNOON WAS STILL SHOWING A SOLID LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND ON SOUTHWEST INTO EAST IOWA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING DUE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST WINNEBAGO AND NORTH CENTRAL OGLE COUNTIES HERE IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THESE WERE ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF ROCKFORD. THESE STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL BE EFFECTING THE COUNTIES OF STEPHENSON AND CARROLL COUNTIES FROM NOW TILL ABOUT 1PM CDT. THE STORMS JUST WEST OF ROCKFORD WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD ROCKFORD/BYRON/LOVES PARK/AND MACHESNEY PARK FROM NOW TILL ABOUT 1 CDT. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...BOTH IN THE LINE AND THE ONES JUST WEST OF ROCKFORD WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SOME HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF ANY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND T. V. STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THESE POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS STORMS. FIELDS ATTN: ISP 1..2..16
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
ILZ003-005-008-ILC105-INC127-171830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1207 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA... AT NOON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN CHICAGO TO 15 MILES NORTH OF JOLIET. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF COOK...WILL...AND DUPAGE COUNTIES THROUGH 100 PM. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...EXTENDED FROM MADISON WISCONSIN TO MOLINE ILLINOIS TO BURLINGTON IOWA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH MCHENRY...KANE...AND LASALLE COUNTIES BETWEEN 130 PM AND 230 PM. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TAYLOR
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
ILZ003-005-008-ILC105-INC127-171830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1235 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA... AT 1230 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF CHICAGO TO 10 MILES NORTH OF JOLIET. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT COOK...WILL...AND SOUTHERN DUPAGE COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODSTOCK. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MCHENRY COUNTY AROUND 130 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY CONTAIN BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...EXTENDED FROM 35 MILE NORTHWEST OF ROCKFORD TO MOLINE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH MCHENRY...KANE...AND LASALLE COUNTIES BETWEEN 145 PM AND 230 PM. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TAYLOR
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
ILZ003-005-008-ILC105-INC127-171930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 100 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA... AT 1255 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODSTOCK TO ROCKFORD TO 15 MILES EAST OF MOLINE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO MCHENRY...KANE AND LASALLE COUNTIES BETWEEN 145 PM AND 245 PM. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AT 1255 PM FROM CHICAGO TO 10 MILES NORTH OF JOLIET. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED BY THE_ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TAYLOR
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
ILZ003-005-008-ILC105-INC127-171930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 120 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA... AT 115 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODSTOCK TO 45 MILES WEST OF AURORA AND THEN SOUTHWESTWARD. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH WHILE INDIVIDAUL THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE ROCKFORD VICINITY FROM THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MCHENRY COUNTY BY 145 PM. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TAYLOR
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:03 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
ILZ003-005-008-ILC105-INC127-172000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 200 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA... AT 155 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF JOLIET TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PONTIAC AND THEN SOUTHWESTWARD. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM WOODSTOCK TO 25 MILES WEST OF OTTAWA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN DUPAGE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORM WILL LIKELY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL... AND GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS` SHOULD AVOID OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TAYLOR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 67 min |
| Jun 17, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 25 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.