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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 19, 1993Montgomery County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1993, 7:26 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 22 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1993, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1993, 7:48 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery 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, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
ILZ006-007-009-192345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
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 600 AND 700 PM.

MILLER
/CORRECTION TO LAST SENTENCE./
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 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, 1 hour 41 minutes before
ILZ006-007-009-192345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
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 600 AND 700 PM.

MILLER
/CORRECTION TO LAST SENTENCE./
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 6:33 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
ILZ006-007-200045-

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

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT
ROANOKE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON AT 630 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AS THEY
MOVE EAST AROUND 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT
OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY 730 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1100 PM.

MILLER
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 6:33 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
ILZ006-007-200045-

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

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT
ROANOKE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON AT 630 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AS THEY
MOVE EAST AROUND 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT
OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY 730 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1100 PM.

MILLER
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 6:37 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
ILZ010-200030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
537 PM CDT THU AUG 19 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
UNTIL 11 PM CDT...

AT 535 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF DECATUR NEAR DE WITT...THROUGH DECATUR...
TO SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR TAYLORVILLE.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

PEOPLE IN DE WITT...PIATT...MOULTRIE...AND WESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS.  WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS.

GEELHART

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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.