Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 6:16 PM CDT for Johnson County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1992, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Johnson County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1241 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPAH 242317 COR SVRPAH ILC087-242345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 616 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH ILLINOIS ...JOHNSON COUNTY AT 610 PM CDT PADUCAH RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF JOHNSON COUNTY ILLINOIS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR GOREVILLE OR BLOOMFIELD ILLINOIS YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE INDOOR SHELTER NOW. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 24, 4:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
KYZ001-MOZ022-023-ILZ013>015-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KENTUCKY 500 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...A FEW STRONG STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 455 PM CDT PADUCAH RADAR SHOWED A FEW STRONG STORMS IN NORTHERN BOLLINGER AND NORTH CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING... GUSTY WIND AND PERHAPS A BRIEF PERIOD OF SMALL HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR MAYFIELD OR MILLERSVILLE MISSOURI...YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND WINDOWS. RADAR ALSO SHOWED A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF SAINT LOUIS TO PADUCAH TO CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE ALONG A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH HAS NOSED ITS WAY INTO THE LOWER OHIO AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE IN THE TRI-STATE THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT TIME HOURS. SOME STORMS WILL BE STRONG. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. DIGIORGI
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:08 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
KYZ001-MOZ022-023-ILZ013>015-252300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KENTUCKY 608 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE JONESBORO-ANNA ILLINOIS AREA... AT 600 PM CDT PADUCAH RADAR SHOWED A COUPLE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL UNION COUNTY OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NEAR ANNA AND JONESBORO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND AND HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR JONESBORO OR ANNA...TAKE COVER INSIDE A SAFE INDOOR STRUCTURE STAYING AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND WINDOWS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE VIENNA ILLINOIS AREA BEFORE 700 PM CDT. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF MURPHYSBORO ILLINOIS AND NEAR EDDYVILLE KENTUCKY. RADAR ALSO SHOWED A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF SAINT LOUIS TO PADUCAH TO CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE ALONG A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH HAS NOSED ITS WAY INTO THE LOWER OHIO AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE STORMS WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE IN THE TRI-STATE THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT TIME HOURS. SOME STORMS WILL BE STRONG...POSSIBLY SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DIGIORGI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Williamson | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Saline | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.