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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 19, 1993McDonough County, Warren County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1993, 3:01 PM CDT for McDonough County, Warren County, Illinois. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 1993, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 1993, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Whole counties

Counties McDonough County, IL, Warren County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 433 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 19, 1:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

ILZ009-010-191930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... CORRECTION TO 3RD PARAGRAPH...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
117 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 8PM CDT...

AT 115 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER EASTERN
MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST IOWA...ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH...AND WERE
INCREASING IN INTENSITY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY 130 PM...AND
SHOULD REACH PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS BEFORE 230 PM.

THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN.  SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES.

PLAN AHEAD AND LOCATE A PLACE OF SAFETY.  BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER
IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS.  STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MCCOY

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

ILZ007-191440-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
155 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 145 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE CROSSING THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO HANCOCK COUNTY. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS
BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...PERSONS OVER EXTREME WESTERN ILLINOIS
CAN EXPECT BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL
WITH PASSAGE OF THE STORMS. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO BE QUITE
INTENSE WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

BREESER

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

ILZ007-191440-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
155 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 145 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE CROSSING THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO HANCOCK COUNTY. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS
BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...PERSONS OVER EXTREME WESTERN ILLINOIS
CAN EXPECT BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL
WITH PASSAGE OF THE STORMS. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO BE QUITE
INTENSE WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

BREESER

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 2:31 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

ILZ009-010-192045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
230 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 8PM CDT...

AT 225 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER A SMALL
PART OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST
OF SPRINGFIELD...TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST. LOUIS.  THE STRONGEST
STORM WAS LOCATED 56 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...OR JUST EAST OF
BUNKER HILL.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

A LINE OF MUCH STRONGER STORMS WAS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
...AND EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOLINE...THROUGH THE QUINCY
AREA...TO ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF ST. LOUIS.

THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND
SHOULD MOVE INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND BEARDSTOWN AND JACKSONVILLE
BETWEEN 330 AND 400 PM.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.  HOWEVER...
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS...AND
POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS.  PLAN AHEAD
AND LOCATE A PLACE OF SAFETY.  STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL SZTATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MCCOY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Warren	28 min
Jun 18, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Hancock, Henderson	63 min
Jun 18, 11:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Boone	2 hr
Jun 18, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	27 min
Jun 19, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	59 min
Jun 19, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	40 min
Jun 19, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria	61 min
Jun 19, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan	37 min
Jun 19, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Menard, Sangamon	30 min
Jun 19, 4:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Marshall, Peoria	4 hr
Jun 19, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Tazewell, Woodford	43 min
Jun 19, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Hancock	36 min
Jun 19, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Lee, Ogle	35 min
Jun 19, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McDonough, Warren	46 min
Jun 19, 6:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton	26 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.