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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 17, 1993DeKalb County, Lee County, Ogle County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1993, 7:21 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Lee County, Ogle County, Illinois. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1993, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1993, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties DeKalb County, IL, Lee County, IL, Ogle 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, Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:40 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
ILZ007-180030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
640 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN
ILLINOIS UNTIL 8 PM...

AT 625 PM... RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS... ONE NEAR MACOMB IN
MCDONOUGH COUNTY AND TW0 LARGER STRONGER STORMS NEAR PRINCETON AND WYANET
IN BUREAU COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

THE STRONGER STORMS IN BUREAU COUNTY WILL EXIT THE COUNTY BY 730 PM PRODUCING
GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS IN BUREAU COUNTY ARE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA AND MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS AS THEY EXIT THE COUNTY.THE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MACOMB WILL ALSO CONTINUE A NORTHEAST TRACK MOVING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN FULTON
COUNTY AND THEN INTO KNOX COUNTY DURING THE PERIOD. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE AREA.
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STAY TUNDED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WANINGS.

MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:48 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
ILZ007-180030-

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

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN
ILLINOIS UNTIL 8 PM...

AT 625 PM... RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS... ONE NEAR MACOMB IN
MCDONOUGH COUNTY AND TW0 LARGER STRONGER STORMS NEAR PRINCETON AND WYANET
IN BUREAU COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

THE STRONGER STORMS IN BUREAU COUNTY WILL EXIT THE COUNTY BY 730 PM PRODUCING
GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS IN BUREAU COUNTY ARE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA AND MAY RACH SEVERE LIMITS AS THEY EXIT THE COUNTY.THE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MACOMB WILL ALSO CONTINUE A NORTHEAST TRACK MOVING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN FULTON
COUNTY AND THEN INTO KNOX COUNTY DURING THE PERIOD. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE AREA.
.
STAY TUNDED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WANINGS.

MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:48 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
ILZ009-180045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
6 45 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...

AT 6 40 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS
HAD DEVELOPED FROM ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD AND EXTENDED
TO ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLINVILLE ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST OF
ST. LOUIS.  THE SCATTERED STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

THE SOUTHEAST AND EAST EDGE OF SPRINGFIELD CAN EXPECT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF
RAIN BETWEEN 700 AND 800 PM.

THESE SAME CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT HETTICK...PALMYRA...GIRARD...VIRDEN
...DIVERNON...PAWNEE AND ROCHESTER.
PALMER
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:51 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
ILZ007-180030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
640 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN
ILLINOIS UNTIL 8 PM...

AT 625 PM... RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS... ONE NEAR MACOMB IN
MCDONOUGH COUNTY AND TW0 LARGER STRONGER STORMS NEAR PRINCETON AND WYANET
IN BUREAU COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

THE STRONGER STORMS IN BUREAU COUNTY WILL EXIT THE COUNTY BY 730 PM PRODUCING
GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS IN BUREAU COUNTY ARE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA AND MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS AS THEY EXIT THE COUNTY.THE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MACOMB WILL ALSO CONTINUE A NORTHEAST TRACK MOVING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN FULTON
COUNTY AND THEN INTO KNOX COUNTY DURING THE PERIOD. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE AREA.
.
STAY TUNDED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WANINGS.

MOGGED

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXStephenson43 min
Jun 17, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXBoone, DeKalb, Ogle52 min
Jun 17, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLee52 min
Jun 17, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Logan27 min
Jun 17, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon24 min
Jun 17, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean55 min
Jun 17, 9:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton, Peoria116 min
Jun 17, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Peoria62 min
Jun 17, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell, Woodford57 min
Jun 17, 11:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton, Peoria3 hr
Jun 17, 11:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXWoodford3 hr
Jun 18, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell, Woodford47 min

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