Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1993, 6:19 PM CDT for Hancock County, Henderson County, Illinois. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1993, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 431 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
- 1579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 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 24, 5:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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ILZ005>007-009-242330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 530 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS EXCEPT MCLEAN COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM... AT 515 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM MOLINE TO BURLINGTON SOUTHWEST INTO MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND SPAWN TORNADOES. THESE STORMS WERE FORMING ALONG A COLD FRONT IN EASTERN IOWA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT COUNTIES ALONG THE MISSISSIPI RIVER THROUGH 600 PM. THOSE COUNTIES AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS ARE HANCOCK AND HENDERSON COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:31 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
ILZ009-242330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 530 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TILL 9 PM CDT FOR CASS...SANGAMON...MENARD AND LOGAN COUNTIES... AT 5 20 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL OR CENTRAL ILLINOIS. HOWEVER THERE IS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDS FROM MOLINE TO BURLINGTON IOWA TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUINCY. THE STRONG/ EST STORMS WERE LOCATED FORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURLINGTON IOWA TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUINCY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH/ EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. STAY T UNED TO YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS. AUTEN
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:43 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
ILZ009-242330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...WORDING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 530 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TILL 9 PM CDT FOR CASS...SANGAMON...MENARD AND LOGAN COUNTIES... AT 5 20 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. HOWEVER THERE IS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDS FROM MOLINE TO BURLINGTON IOWA TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUINCY. THE STRONG/ EST STORMS WERE LOCATED FORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURLINGTON IOWA TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUINCY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH/ EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. STAYF TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AUTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Henderson | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Warren | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau, Stark | 67 min |
| Jun 24, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Putnam | 58 min |
| Jun 24, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Hancock, Henderson | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough | 117 min |
| Jun 24, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Warren | 48 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.