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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Lincoln, IL
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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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
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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
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Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Hancock | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Sangamon | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Montgomery | 53 min |
| Aug 19, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Aug 19, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macoupin | 14 min |
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Sources
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