Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1993, 7:25 PM CDT for Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1993, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1993, 7:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tazewell County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 389 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
- 2456 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1399 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 10, 5:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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ILZ005-006-007-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTIONS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 548 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR HENDERSON...WARREN AND KNOX COUNTIES AND UNTIL 11 PM FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER... A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 11 PM FOR BUREAU... PUTNAM...STARK...TAZEWELL...MARSHALL...MCLEAN...WOODFORD AND PEORIA COUNTIES. AT 545 PM...AN INTENSE STORM WAS IN MCLEAN COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF HOLDER... ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH TOWARDS THE TOWNS OF COLFAX AND ANCHOR. THIS WAS THE ONLY STORM OCCURRING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS SO FAR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:50 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-110045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 650 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR HENDERSON...WARREN AND KNOX COUNTIES AND UNTIL 11 PM FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER... AT 640 PM...TWO AREAS OF INTENSE STORMS WERE BEING MONITORED FOR SEVERE WEATHER.THE FIRST AREA OF INTEREST WAS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES EAST OF MOLINE SOUTHWEST TO BURLINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES EAST OF MOLINE.THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THE SECOND AREA OF STORMS WAS FROM MASON COUNTY THROUGH TAZEWELL AND MCLEAN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SO FAR... ONLY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP JUST ABOUT ANY PLACE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER...WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 58 MPH AND CAN OCCASIONALLY SPAWN TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISON OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:57 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-110045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 650 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR HENDERSON...WARREN AND KNOX COUNTIES AND UNTIL 11 PM FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER... AT 640 PM...TWO AREAS OF INTENSE STORMS WERE BEING MONITORED FOR SEVERE WEATHER.THE FIRST AREA OF INTEREST WAS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES EAST OF MOLINE SOUTHWEST TO BURLINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES EAST OF MOLINE.THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THE SECOND AREA OF STORMS WAS FROM MASON COUNTY THROUGH TAZEWELL AND MCLEAN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SO FAR... ONLY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP JUST ABOUT ANY PLACE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER...WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 58 MPH AND CAN OCCASIONALLY SPAWN TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISON OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:58 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-110045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 650 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR HENDERSON...WARREN AND KNOX COUNTIES AND UNTIL 11 PM FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER... AT 640 PM...TWO AREAS OF INTENSE STORMS WERE BEING MONITORED FOR SEVERE WEATHER.THE FIRST AREA OF INTEREST WAS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES EAST OF MOLINE SOUTHWEST TO BURLINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES EAST OF MOLINE.THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THE SECOND AREA OF STORMS WAS FROM MASON COUNTY THROUGH TAZEWELL AND MCLEAN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SO FAR... ONLY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP JUST ABOUT ANY PLACE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER...WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 58 MPH AND CAN OCCASIONALLY SPAWN TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISON OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 8:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Hancock, McDonough | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 36 min |
| Jul 11, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 37 min |
| Jul 11, 6:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Hancock | 58 min |
| Jul 11, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Hancock | 58 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.