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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 19, 1993Christian County, Sangamon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1993, 5:52 PM CDT for Christian County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1993, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1993, 6:28 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Christian County, IL, Sangamon County, IL

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, Aug 19, 4:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:00 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-192300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
500 PM CDT THU AUG 19 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS EARLY THIS EVENING. AT 455 PM...A STRONG STORM WITH HEAVY
RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME GUSTY WINDS WAS IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MCLEAN
COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF MCLEAN...15 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON.
THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO THE EAST ALONG ROUTE 136 BETWEEN 500 AND 600 PM.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED BETWEEN HENRY AND
HAVANA AT 455 PM. THIS RAINFALL...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL AFFECT PEORIA
AND OTHER ADJACENT AREAS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY BETWEEN 500
AND 600 PM.

MILLER
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:00 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:40 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:42 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
ILZ006-007-009-192345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
540 PM CDT THU AUG 19 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PART
OF WESTERN ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MACOMB...PEORIA...AND
BLOOMINGTON/NORMAL UNTIL 1100 PM.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE PEORIA AREA AT 540 PM. THESE STORMS
WILL PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF PEORIA SHORTLY BEFORE
600 PM AND WILL AFFECT EAST PEORIA...WASHINGTON...EUREKA AND EL PASO
BETWEEN AND 600 AND 700 PM.

MILLER
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:45 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXHancock30 min
Aug 18, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSchuyler31 min
Aug 18, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler43 min
Aug 18, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan46 min
Aug 19, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacoupin, Sangamon45 min
Aug 19, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMontgomery53 min
Aug 19, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMacoupin, Montgomery31 min
Aug 19, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMontgomery27 min
Aug 19, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMacoupin14 min

Nearby

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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.