Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1993, 7:55 AM CDT for Morgan County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 1993, 7:55 AM CDT (12:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1993, 8:25 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morgan County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 322 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS1 KSPI 191255 RRA
SVRSPI
ILC137-191345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
755 AM CDT MON APR 19 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN MORGAN
AT 755 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...NEAR MURRAYVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING TOWNS...MURRAYVILLE...
CLEMENTS...FRANKLIN AND WAVERLY.
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
BYRDWhat 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, Apr 19, 6:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-191130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 645 AM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 6:40 AM... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OF MOLINE TO SPRINGFIELD. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM IN WARREN COUNTY NEAR ROSEVILLE HAD WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY IN THE LAST HOUR AND SHOULD NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO THAT COUNTY. THE LARGE AREA OF RAIN WILL ENTER PEORIA AROUND 7:30 AM AND BLOOMINGTON TOWARDS 9 AM. HEAVY RAINS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. ALSO THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH THE RISK OF SEVERE CRITERIA BEING MET AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES AND SOME HEATING OCCURS. PEOPLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION DUE TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS AS WELL AS PEDESTRIANS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THE FLOOD POTENTIAL ACROSS THE AREA. REMEMBER... DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH A FLOODED CREEK. IF YOU ARE NOT SURE ABOUT THE DEPTH OF THE WATER TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-191130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 555 AM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 6:40 AM... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OF MOLINE TO SPRINGFIELD. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM IN WARREN COUNTY NEAR ROSEVELLE HAD WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY IN THE LAST HOUR AND SHOULD NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO THAT COUNTY. THE LARGE AREA OF RAIN WILL ENTER PEORIA AROUND 7:30 AM AND BLOOMINGTON TOWARDS 9 AM. HEAVY RAINS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. ALSO THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH THE RISK OF SEVERE CRITERIA BEING MET AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES AND SOME HEATING OCCURS. PEOPLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION DUE TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS AS WELL AS PEDESTRIANS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THE FLOOD POTENTIAL ACROSS THE AREA. REMEMBER... DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH A FLOODED CREEK. IF YOU ARE NOT SURE ABOUT THE DEPTH OF THE WATER TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. STAY TUNED T^O LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:56 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-191130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 645 AM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 6:40 AM... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OF MOLINE TO SPRINGFIELD. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM IN WARREN COUNTY NEAR ROSEVILLE HAD WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY IN THE LAST HOUR AND SHOULD NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO THAT COUNTY. THE LARGE AREA OF RAIN WILL ENTER PEORIA AROUND 7:30 AM AND BLOOMINGTON TOWARDS 9 AM. HEAVY RAINS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. ALSO THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH THE RISK OF SEVERE CRITERIA BEING MET AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES AND SOME HEATING OCCURS. PEOPLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION DUE TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS AS WELL AS PEDESTRIANS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THE FLOOD POTENTIAL ACROSS THE AREA. REMEMBER... DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH A FLOODED CREEK. IF YOU ARE NOT SURE ABOUT THE DEPTH OF THE WATER TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROdUTE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 7:05 AM CDT, 50 minutes before
ILZ009-010-191250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 705 AM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 700 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF PEORIA TO 25 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 35 MILES EAST OF VANDALIA ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE DECATUR AREA BY 730 AM. REMEMBER...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SKIES WILL REMAIN CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY 10 AM. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S BY NOON WITH BRISK SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LISTEN TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. BYRD
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 7:35 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-191330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 735 AM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 7:30 AM... RAIN HAD ENTERED THE PEORIA AREA. THIS RAIN WAS PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WHICH EXTENDED WEST OF A MOLINE-PEORIA LINE. WITHIN THIS RAIN AREA... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ALSO... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED FROM WYANET IN BUREAU COUNTY TO WINONA IN MARSHALL COUNTY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THE RAIN IN THE PEORIA AREA WILL LAST THROUGH 9:00 AM WITH AN INCH OR MORE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS ACROSS BUREAU AND MARSHALL COUNTIES SHOULD EXIT THOSE COUNTIES BY 8:15 AM AND BE REPLACED BY RAIN. RAIN WILL ENTER BLOOMINGTON AROUND 8:30 AM. . PEOPLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION DUE TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS AS WELL AS PEDESTRIANS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THE FLOOD POTENTIAL ACROSS THE AREA. REMEMBER... DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH A FLOODED CREEK. IF YOU ARE NOT SURE ABOUT THE DEPTH OF THE WATER TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 7:44 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-191330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 735 AM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 7:30 AM... RAIN HAD ENTERED THE PEORIA AREA. THIS RAIN WAS PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WHICH EXTENDED WEST OF A MOLINE-PEORIA LINE. WITHIN THIS RAIN AREA... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ALSO... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED FROM WYANET IN BUREAU COUNTY TO WINONA IN MARSHALL COUNTY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THE RAIN IN THE PEORIA AREA WILL LAST THROUGH 9:00 AM WITH AN INCH OR MORE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS ACROSS BUREAU AND MARSHALL COUNTIES SHOULD EXIT THOSE COUNTIES BY 8:15 AM AND BE REPLACED BY RAIN. RAIN WILL ENTER BLOOMINGTON AROUND 8:30 AM. . PEOPLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION DUE TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS AS WELL AS PEDESTRIANS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THE FLOOD POTENTIAL ACROSS THE AREA. REMEMBER... DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH A FLOODED CREEK. IF YOU ARE NOT SURE ABOUT THE DEPTH OF THE WATER TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. MOGGED
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.