Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1993, 4:41 AM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1993, 4:41 AM CDT (09:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1993, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fulton County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 400 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
- 2590 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1054 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
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 24, 12:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
ILZ005>007-240700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1240 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 1235 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF IN AN HOUR AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY... NEAR MONMOUTH...AND IN NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY...WEST OF GALESBURG. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN ILLINOIS AREA FROM IOWA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED LARGE AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION TODAY AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD CAUSE A FLOODING HAZARD. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY THROUGH LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS BECOME INUNDATED. OUSLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 12:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
ILZ005>007-240700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1245 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 1235 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF IN AN HOUR AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY... NEAR MONMOUTH...AND IN NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY...WEST OF GALESBURG. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN ILLINOIS AREA FROM IOWA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED LARGE AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION TODAY AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD CAUSE A FLOODING HAZARD. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY THROUGH LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS BECOME INUNDATED. OUSLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 12:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
ILZ005>007-240700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1245 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 1235 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF IN AN HOUR AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY... NEAR MONMOUTH...AND IN NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY...WEST OF GALESBURG. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN ILLINOIS AREA FROM IOWA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED LARGE AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION TODAY AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD CAUSE A FLOODING HAZARD. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY THROUGH LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS BECOME INUNDATED. OUSLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
ILZ009-240925- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 147 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT... AT 145 AM CDT...NO RAINFALL WAS DETECTED BY RADAR OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD OVER NORTHWEST AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEORIA...TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DETECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND QUINCY...AND A LARGE AREA OF HEAVIER STORMS WAS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN IOWA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEFORE SUNRISE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE SATURATED GROUND COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF SOME LOW LYING AREAS NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS. IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING ...PLAN AHEAD NOW FOR A QUICK EVACUATION IN CASE FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE FOR WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. MCCOY
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:23 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
ILZ009-241025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 423 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WHICH WAS ISSUED FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY...BUT RAINFALL IS NOT EXPCTED TO BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. MCCOY NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS. z IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING ...PLAN AHEAD NOW FOR A QUICK EVACUATION IN CASE FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE FOR WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. MCCOY
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:25 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
ILZ009-241025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO DELETE LAST TWO PARAGRAPHS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 425 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WHICH WAS ISSUED FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY...BUT RAINFALL IS NOT EXPCTED TO BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. MCCOY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox, Stark | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Henderson, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Schuyler, Tazewell | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McDonough | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria, Woodford | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Bureau, Marshall, Putnam | 4 hr |
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.