Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1993, 4:58 PM CDT for Logan County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1993, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1993, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Logan County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 345 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 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 13, 3:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-132130 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 310 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 305 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER MCDONOUGH COUNTY. THE CITIES OF BLANDINSVILLE...COLCHESTER AND FOUNTAINGREEN EACH RECEIVED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN ABOUT A 20 MINUTE PERIOD. THESE STORMS WERE IN A LINE THAT STRETCHED FROM MOLINE TO QUINCY AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. BE ALERT TO LOCALIZED FLOODING THAT MAY OCCUR WITH THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE UPDATES AND INFORMATION. OUSLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-132130 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 310 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 305 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER MCDONOUGH COUNTY. THE CITIES OF BLANDINSVILLE...COLCHESTER AND FOUNTAINGREEN EACH RECEIVED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN ABOUT A 20 MINUTE PERIOD. THESE STORMS WERE IN A LINE THAT STRETCHED FROM MOLINE TO QUINCY AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. BE ALERT TO LOCALIZED FLOODING THAT MAY OCCUR WITH THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE UPDATES AND INFORMATION. OUSLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:03 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
ILZ009-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 400 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 355 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD... NEAR PLEASANT PLAINS. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE PETERSBURG AREA BY 430 PM. RADAR ALSO INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO 25 MILES EAST OF QUINCY TO 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY 5 PM. REMEMBER...VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:05 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
ILZ009-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO ADD LAST PARAGRAPH... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 405 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 400 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD... NEAR PLEASANT PLAINS. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE PETERSBURG AREA BY 430 PM. RADAR ALSO INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO 25 MILES EAST OF QUINCY TO 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY 5 PM. REMEMBER...VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. AS SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BYRD
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:36 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
ILZ009-132245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 436 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD... AT 430 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...NEAR THE TOWN OF ATHENS. AN OFF-DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD PREPARE FOR HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. REMEMBER THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 10 PM CDT. $ GEELHART &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 3:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, McDonough | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 4:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 115 min |
| Jul 13, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 33 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.