Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1993, 10:03 PM CDT for Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1993, 10:03 PM CDT (03:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1993, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 402 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
- 1898 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, 6:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 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, 3 hours 15 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, 3 hours 12 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
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
ILZ007-180130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 740 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WAS CANCELLED 7:30 PM... AT 735 PM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BRADFORD IN SOUTHERN BUREAU COUNTY TO AVON IN NORTHWEST FULTON COUNTY. THE NEAREST STORM IN THIS LINE TO PEORIA WAS ABOUT 15 MILES WEST. MORE STORMS WERE IN HANCOCK COUNTY... BUT THESE WERE WEAK. ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SLIDE NORTHEAST ACROSS KNOX... STARK AND BURREAU COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM AND MAY BRUSH WESTERN PEORIA COUNTY. NONE ARE EXPECTED AT PEORIA DURING THE PERIOD. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN HANCOCK COUNTY WILL ALSO MOVE NORTHEAST AFFECTING HENDERSON... WARREN AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES THROUGH 9 PM. THESE STORMS STILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND BUT THE POTENTIAL WILL DIMINISH AS TEMPERATURES FALL. STAY TUNDED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
ILZ007-180130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 740 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WAS CANCELLED 7:30 PM... AT 735 PM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BRADFORD IN SOUTHERN BUREAU COUNTY TO AVON IN NORTHWEST FULTON COUNTY. THE NEAREST STORM IN THIS LINE TO PEORIA WAS ABOUT 15 MILES WEST. MORE STORMS WERE IN HANCOCK COUNTY... BUT THESE WERE WEAK. ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SLIDE NORTHEAST ACROSS KNOX... STARK AND BURREAU COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM AND MAY BRUSH WESTERN PEORIA COUNTY. NONE ARE EXPECTED AT PEORIA DURING THE PERIOD. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN HANCOCK COUNTY WILL ALSO MOVE NORTHEAST AFFECTING HENDERSON... WARREN AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES THROUGH 9 PM. THESE STORMS STILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND BUT THE POTEN TIAL WILL DIMINISH AS TEMPERATURES FALL. STAY TUNDED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:59 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
ILZ009-180045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 9 55 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR A PART OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 9 50 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON TO PEORIA THEN SOUTHWEST ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER TO HAVANA THEN TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF QUINCY. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT. PATCHY LIGHT RAIN WAS JUST SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THE STRONG STORMS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER MAY BEGIN TO MOVE EAST. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE THREATENING WEATHER COND(ITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NEEDED. PALMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeKalb, Lee, Ogle | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stephenson | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Boone, DeKalb, Ogle | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 9:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 116 min |
| Jun 17, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 11:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 11:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Woodford | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 47 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.