Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1993, 2:33 PM CDT for Coles County, Illinois. It was in force for 19 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1993, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1993, 2:52 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coles County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 1276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSPI 021933 RRA SVRSPI ILC029-022000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 233 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...EASTERN COLES COUNTY AT 230 PM CDT THE COLES COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORTED 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL IN FAIRGRANGE...37 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS HAIL IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF FAIRGRANGE...BUSHTON...RARDIN... AND ASHMORE. 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. GEELHART/PALMER &
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, Jul 2, 11:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
ILZ006-007-009-021730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1130 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ...TTHUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO PEORIA... AT 1125 AM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS STRETCHED FROM PRINCEVILLE IN NORTHERN PEORIA COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO QUINCY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE PEORIA AREA BEFORE THE NOON HOUR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL EXTEND ACROSS WOODFORD...TAZEWELL AND POSSIBLY WESTERN MASON COUNTY BY 1230 AM AND POROBABLY STILL LINGER IN THE PEORIA AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
ILZ006-007-009-021730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1130 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ...TTHUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO PEORIA... AT 1125 AM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS STRETCHED FROM PRINCEVILLE IN NORTHERN PEORIA COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO QUINCY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE PEORIA AREA BEFORE THE NOON HOUR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL EXTEND ACROSS WOODFORD...TAZEWELL AND POSSIBLY WESTERN MASON COUNTY BY 1230 AM AND POROBABLY STILL LINGER IN THE PEORIA AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
ILZ006-007-009-021730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1130 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO PEORIA... AT 1125 AM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS STRETCHED FROM PRINCEVILLE IN NORTHERN PEORIA COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO QUINCY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE PEORIA AREA BEFORE THE NOON HOUR PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL EXTEND ACROSS WOODFORD...TAZEWELL AND POSSIBLY WESTERN MASON COUNTY BY 1230 AM AND POROBABLY STILL LINGER IN THE PEORIA AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
ILZ009-011730-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
1147 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...
AT 1146 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 35 NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD.
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WEATHER REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WERE
RECEIVED FROM LINCOLN...30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD.
THIS LINE OF STORMS SHOULD BE BETWEEN BLOOMINGTON TO CLINTON TO
DECATUR BY 1230 CDT.
EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORRMS.
SKIPPERSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
ILZ009-01190730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1 00 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1259 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. BY 2 PM...THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD BY NEAR CHAMPAIGN TO CHARLESTON. SKIPPER
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:30 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
ILZ006-007-009-022030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 230 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF PEORIA... AT 228 PM... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOLINE TO 1 TO 2 MILES WEST OF PEORIA THEN TO SOUTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. PEORIA SHOULD RECEIVE A BRIEF THUNDERSTORM ENDING AROUND 3 PM. THE LINE SHOULD EXTEND FROM MOLINE TO EUREKA TO BLOOMINGTON AROUND 330 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS... GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MOGGED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 11:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 119 min |
| Jul 2, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Piatt | 37 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.