Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1993, 1:05 AM CDT for Coles County, Illinois. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 1993, 1:05 AM CDT (06:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1993, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coles County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSPI 250605
SVRSPI
ILC029-250630-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
105 AM CDT SUN APR 25 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
COLES
......TEXT......
AT 100 AM CDT...MARBLE TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 1 MILE
SOUTHWEST OF MATTOON ILLINOIS...OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DECATUR. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TOWNS OF MATTOON...CHARLESTON AND ASHMORE ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM.
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.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES
AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPIMENT UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. MOTORISTS SHOULD
NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Apr 24, 8:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
ILZ006-007-009-250300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 810 PM CDT SAT APR 24 1993 ...THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING OUT OF MCLEAN COUNTY... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM GIBSON CITY...35 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON TO SPRINGFIELD INTO EASTERN MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF MCLEAN COUNTY AT 800 PM...HOWEVER THE CONDITIONSREMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE THUNDERSTORMS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCLEAN COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM CDT. PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADINO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. BRONIARCZYK
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 9:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
ILZ006-007-009-250400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 910 PM CDT SAT APR 24 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MCLEAN COUNTY... AT 900 PM...RADAR SHOWED THAT A LINE OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM CHAMPAIGN TO SPRINGFIELD TO EASTERN MISSOURI. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR MCLEAN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED TO THE SOUTH OF THAT COUNTY. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY CLEAR UP BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 40S FOR THE OVERNIGHT LOW. BRONIARCZYK
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 11:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
ILZ006-007-009-250530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1110 PM CDT SAT APR 24 1993 ...MORE SHOWERS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1100 PM...AN AREA OF RAINFALL HAD DEVELOPED NORTH INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KEOKUK IOWA TO PEORIA. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN AREA WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPEC2TED TO STAY WELL TO THE SOUTH OF THE PEORIA AREA... SHOWERS AND A POSSIBLE THUNDERSHOWER CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HEART OF ILLINOIS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. BREESER
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 11:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
ILZ009-010-250515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1132 PM CDT SAT APR 24 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1130 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...15 MILES WIDE...EXTENDED FROM ST. LOUIS...NORTHEAST TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...TO DANVILLE. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD...WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS LINE WERE 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARLINVILLE...AND 20 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR...NEAR MOWEAQUA. DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SOME SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 500 AM. BE PREPARED TO SEEK COVER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. STAY TUNED TO TV AND RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.< MCCOY
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 11:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
ILZ009-010-250540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1138 PM CDT SAT APR 24 1993 ...UPDATE ON SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 500 AM CDT SUNDAY. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER TONIGHT...WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM FOR MOST OF CETNTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THIS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. REPEAT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL 500 AM CDT. MCCOY
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 12:57 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
ILZ009-010-250700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1250 AM CDT SUN APR 25 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1245 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A NARROW LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DECATUR NEAR SULLIVAN...TO 10 MILES NORTH OF EFFINGHAM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH ARCOLA AND MATTOON AROUND 130 AM ...AND SHOULD REACH CHARLESTON BETWEEN 145 AND 200 AM. DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SOME SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EvFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 500 AM CDT. BE PREPARED TO SEEK COVER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. STAY TUNED TO TV AND RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AUTEN/MCCOY
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.