Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1993, 3:47 PM CDT for Lee County, Ogle County, Illinois. It was in force for 17 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1993, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1993, 4:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lee County, IL, Ogle County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 304 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
- 402 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1180 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 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, May 10, 2:55 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-102100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 255 PM CDT MON MAY 10 1993 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN FULTON COUNTY... AT 250 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...POSSIBLY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...WAS DETECTED IN EASTERN FULTON COUNTY NEAR BRYANT...22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING JUST TO THE EAST OF DELAVAN...21 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PEORIA. MOVEMENT CONTINUED TO BE TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. ALTHOUGH NEITHER OF THESE STORMS CAN YET BE CONSIDERED SEVERE...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BREESER
Special weather statement, May 10, 2:56 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-102100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 255 PM CDT MON MAY 10 1993 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN FULTON COUNTY... AT 250 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...POSSIBLY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...WAS DETECTED IN EASTERN FULTON COUNTY NEAR BRYANT...22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING JUST TO THE EAST OF DELAVAN...21 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PEORIA. MOVEMENT CONTINUED TO BE TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. ALTHOUGH NEITHER OF THESE STORMS CAN YET BE CONSIDERED SEVERE...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BREESER
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:36 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
ILZ009-102130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 335 PM CDT MON MAY 10 1993 AT 330 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDER/ STORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO JUST WEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO VANDALIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR TAYLORVILLE...30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD AND JUST NORTH OF VANDALIA. RTEMEMBER...THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:40 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-102130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 340 PM CDT MON MAY 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 335 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM SPRINGFIELD TO LA SALLE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED OVER NORTHERN PEORIA COUNTY NEAR DUNLAP. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET BEEN DETECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BUREAU...PUTNAM...HENDERSON...WARREN...KNOX...TAZEWELL...MARSHALL ...PEORIA AND WOODFORD COUNTIES. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTRED AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BREESER
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:40 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
ILZ009-102130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO ADD LAST PARAGRAPH... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 338 PM CDT MON MAY 10 1993 AT 335 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDER/ STORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO JUST WEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO VANDALIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR TAYLORVILLE...30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD AND JUST NORTH OF VANDALIA. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. REMEMBER...THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LISTEN TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. d BYRD
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:42 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-102130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 340 PM CDT MON MAY 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 335 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM SPRINGFIELD TO LA SALLE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED OVER NORTHERN PEORIA COUNTY NEAR DUNLAP. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET BEEN DETECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BUREAU...PUTNAM...HENDERSON...WARREN...KNOX...TAZEWELL...MARSHALL ...PEORIA AND WOODFORD COUNTIES. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTRED AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNIlNGS. BREESER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee, Ogle | 43 min |
| May 10, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.