Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 11, 1993, 4:59 PM CDT for Henderson County, Illinois. It was in force for 16 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1993, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1993, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henderson County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 450 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPIA 112159
TORPIA
ILC071-112215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
459 PM CDT TUE MAY 11 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
HENDERSON
AT 456 PM...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR STRONGHURST
14 MILES EAST OF BURLINGTON.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING THE THE NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE OLENA AND GULFPORT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER
IF AVAILABLE...OTHERWISE TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
MILLERWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 11, 3:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
ILZ009-102115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 310 PM CDT TUE MAY 11 1993 AT 308 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF TAYLORVILLE...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE IN SOUTH MACOUPIN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 35 MPH. REMEMBER...THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SKIPPER
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:00 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
ILZ006-007-009-122200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 400 PM CDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR TAZEWELL AND MCLEAN COUNTIES... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONCE AGAIN DEVELOPING IN MCLEAN COUNTY AT 4 PM. ONE SMALL STORM WAS NEAR COLFAX WHILE ANOTHER WAS NEAR DANVERS. THESE STORMS WERE SINKING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE FURTHER SOUTH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCE LARGE HAIL... GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. ALSO.. A THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED JUST EAST OF RUSHVILLE IN SCHUYLER COUNTY WHICH WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ON A FREQUENCY OF 162.475 MEGAHERTZ OR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:11 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
ILZ009-102210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 405 PM CDT TUE MAY 11 1993 AT 403 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM 5 MILES WEST OF MATOON TO GIRARD...OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHEAST TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 35 MPH. REMEMBER...THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SKIPPER
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:20 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-112230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 420 PM CDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE FLARING UP AGAIN IN WESTERN ILLINOIS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN PART OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BURLINGTON TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON AT 415 PM. SOME STRONG STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WERE LOCATED IN WESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY 5 MILES EAST OF BURLINGTON...AND NEAR RUSHVILLE. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE WITHIN THE SAME GENERAL AREA THROUGH 530 PM. REMEMBER...IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS DURING A THUNDERSTORM SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM TREES...WATER AND METAL OBJECTS BECAUSE LIGHTNING KILLS. MILLER /CORRECTION TO FIRST SENTENCE./
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:23 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-112230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 420 PM CDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE FLARING UP AGAIN IN WESTERN ILLINOIS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN PART OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BURLINGTON TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON. SOME STRONG STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WERE LOCATED IN WESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY 5 MILES EAST OF BURLINGTON...AND NEAR RUSHVILLE. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE WITHIN THE SAME GENERAL AREA THROUGH 530 PM. REMEMBER...IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS DURING A THUNDERSTORM SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM TREES...WATER AND METAL OBJECTS BECAUSE LIGHTNING KILLS. MILLER
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:25 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-112230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 420 PM CDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE FLARING UP AGAIN IN WESTERN ILLINOIS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN PART OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BURLINGTON TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON AT 415 PM. SOME STRONG STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WERE LOCATED IN WESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY 5 MILES EAST OF BURLINGTON...AND NEAR RUSHVILLE. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE WITHIN THE SAME GENERAL AREA THROUGH 530 PM. REMEMBER...IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS DURING A THUNDERSTORM SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM TREES...WATER AND METAL OBJECTS BECAUSE LIGHTNING KILLS. MILLER /CORRECTION TO FIRST SENTENCE./
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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.