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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1993, 10:53 PM CDT for Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1993, 10:53 PM CDT (03:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1993, 11:23 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sangamon County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 310 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
- 478 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 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, 5:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 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
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
ILZ009-250100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 710 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TILL 9 PM CDT FOR CASS...SANGAMON...MENARD AND LOGAN COUNTIES... AT 705 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR BRADFORTON ILLINOIS TO 55 MILES WEST OF PEORIA... NEAR ROSEVILLE TO QUINCY...THEN SOUTHWESTWARD INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF CASS AND MORGAN COUNTIES BY 830 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES WEST AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL ...VERRY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. LISTEN TO TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BYRD
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
ILZ009-250100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO TOWN NAME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 710 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TILL 9 PM CDT FOR CASS...SANGAMON...MENARD AND LOGAN COUNTIES... AT 705 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR BRADFORD ILLINOIS TO 55 MILES WEST OF PEORIA... NEAR ROSEVILLE TO QUINCY...THEN SOUTHWESTWARD INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF CASS AND MORGAN COUNTIES BY 830 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES WEST AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS..d.DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL ...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. LISTEN TO TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BYRD
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 8:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
ILZ009-250215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 810 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TILL 9 PM CDT FOR CASS...SANGAMON...MENARD AND LOGAN COUNTIES... AT 805 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE LINE OF STRONG THUNDER/ STORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR BRADFORD ILLINOIS TO 25 MILES WEST OF PEORIA TO 60 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...THEN CONTINUED SOUTHWESTWARD INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN CASS AND MORGAN COUNTIES BY 830 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY...NEAR MT STERLING AND 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUINCY...JUST WEST OF PITTSFIELD. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL ...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. LISTEN TO TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BYRD
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 9:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McDonough | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 61 min |
| Jun 24, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 67 min |
| Jun 24, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 69 min |
| Jun 24, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 52 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.