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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 17, 1993Boone County, Winnebago County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1993, 6:29 PM CDT for Boone County, Winnebago County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1993, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boone County, IL, Winnebago County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 465 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1993-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1993-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, Jun 17, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
ILZ007-172130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
330 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN
ILLINOIS...

AT 325 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN KNOX COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF
KNOXVILLE AND GALESBURG. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE AS WE REACH THE
WARMEST TIME OF THE DAY.

THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST... REACHING NEARBY STARK AND BUREAU
COUNTIES BY 430 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER
STATEMENNTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
ILZ007-172130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
330 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN
ILLINOIS...

AT 325 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN KNOX COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF
KNOXVILLE AND GALESBURG. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE AS WE REACH THE
WARMEST TIME OF THE DAY.

THESE STORMS WILL CONT0INUE TO MOVE EAST... REACHING NEARBY STARK AND BUREAU
COUNTIES BY 430 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER
STATEMENNTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
ILZ007-172130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
430 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN
ILLINOIS...

AT 425 PM... AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF BUREAU COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF THOMAS... NEW BEDFORD AND YORKTOWN...
ALL IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BUREAU COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM. CONDITIONS
REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE WESTERN
AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE HEARTLAND.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER
STATEMENNTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
ILZ007-172130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
430 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN
ILLINOIS...

AT 425 PM... AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF BUREAU COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF THOMAS... NEW BEDFORD AND YORKTOWN...
ALL IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BUREAU COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM. CONDITIONS
REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE WESTERN
AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE HEARTLAND.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER
STATEMENNTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

^MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXStephenson49 min
Jun 17, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXStephenson42 min
Jun 17, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLee, Ogle49 min
Jun 17, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXOgle, Winnebago31 min
Jun 17, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCarroll31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.