Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1993, 9:19 PM CDT for Champaign County, Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 21 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 1993, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1993, 9:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Champaign County, IL, Piatt County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Monticello, IL | A tornado briefly touched down near old Highway 47, 3 miles west of Monticello. No damage was reported. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 335 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
- 3482 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 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 170219 RRA
SVRSPI
ILC019-147-170315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
919 PM CDT MON AUG 16 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
SOUTHWEST CHAMPAIGN...
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
CENTRAL PIATT...
AT 915 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DECATUR...OR JUST SOUTHEAST OF DELAND...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAIL AND HIGH WIND WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM JUST WEST OF DELAND
AT 908 PM.
THE TOWNS OF MONTICELLO...BEMENT AND SADORUS ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. BOATERS SHOULD
MOVE OFF LAKES TO SHELTER. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INDOORS...
BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
MCCOYWhat 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, Aug 16, 7:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
ILZ009-010-170015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 715 PM CDT MON AUG 16 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 712 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS...FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...TO JUST WEST OF DECATUR...TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR TAYLORVILLE. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE P^OSSIBLE THIS EVENING OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MCCOY
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:40 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-170240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 840 PM CDT MON AUG 16 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 10 PM... AT 840 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MCLEAN COUNTY... BETWEEN COLFAX AND LEROY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 10 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BUCKINGHAM
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:43 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-170240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 840 PM CDT MON AUG 16 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 10 PM... AT 840 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MCLEAN COUNTY... BETWEEN COLFAX AND LEROY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 10 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BUCKINGHAM
Local storm report, Aug 16, 9:02 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
900 PM CDT WED AUG 18 1993
REPORTS FOR COUNTY WARNING AREA...BEGINNING 1923 CDT...AUGUST 16 1993
COUNTY TIME CDT
MCLEAN.... 1957 CDT HEYWORTH.t..11 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON:
REPORT OF GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL FROM MCLEAN COUNTY ESDA.
BREESER/BUCKINGHAMLocal storm report, Aug 16, 9:10 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA, IL.
910 PM CDT MON AUG 16 1993
REPORTS FOR COUNTY WARNING AREA...BEGINNING 1910 CDT...AUGUST 16 1993
COUNTY TIME CDT
TAZEWELL.. 1910 CDT HOPEDALE...20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEORIA:
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER.
TAZEWELL.. 1923 CDT MINIER...23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEORIA:
SPECIAL OBSERVATION OF HOOK ECHO BY MARSEILLES RADAR IN
VICINITY OF MINIER.
MCLEAN.... 1957 CDT HEYWORTH...11 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON:
REPORT OF GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL FROM MCLEAN COUNTY ESDA.
BUCKNINGHAM/BREESERLocal storm report, Aug 16, 9:13 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA, IL.
910 PM CDT MON AUG 16 1993
REPORTS FOR COUNTY WARNING AREA...BEGINNING 1910 CDT...AUGUST 16 1993
COUNTY TIME CDT
TAZEWELL.. 1910 CDT HOPEDALE...20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEORIA:
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER.
TAZEWELL.. 1923 CDT MINIER...23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEORIA:
SPECIAL OBSERVATION OF HOOK ECHO BY MARSEILLES RADAR IN
VICINITY OF MINIER.
MCLEAN.... 1957 CDT HEYWORTH...11 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON:
REPORT OF GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL FROM MCLEAN COUNTY ESDA.
BUCKNINGHAM/BREESERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 20 min |
| Aug 16, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Douglas | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Shelby | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.