Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1993, 6:43 PM CDT for Carroll County, Ogle County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1993, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carroll County, IL, Ogle County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 297 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 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 KRFD 262343
TORRFD
ILC015-141-270015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
643 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF ILLINOIS
CARROLL...
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
OGLE...
AT 640 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MT CARROLL IN CARROLL COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST
AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO OGLE COUNTY BY 700 PM.
SOME COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS TORNADO...
LANARK...BROOKVILLE...FORRESTON...MT MORRIS AND OREGON.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! ABANDON
CARS...FARM MACHINERY AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING...OR
A DITCH...CULVERT OR RAVItNE! THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION...YOUR LIFE
MAY DEPEND ON HOW QUICKLY YOU RESPOND TO THIS TORNADO WARNING!
PETROVICHWhat 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, Jun 26, 5:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-262330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 525 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR BUREAU AND PUTNAM COUNTIES... AT 520 PM... THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS NEAR BUREAU OR PUTNAM COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WERE ALONG THE ILLINOIS-WISCONSIN BORDER AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE FORMING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO EASTERN IOWA. AS THIS FRONT MOVES CLOSER TO ILLINOIS... SOME STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUTNAM AND BUREAU COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-262330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 525 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR BUREAU AND PUTNAM COUNTIES... AT 520 PM... THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS NEAR BUREAU OR PUTNAM COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WERE ALONG THE ILLINOIS-WISCONSIN BORDER AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE FORMING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO EASTERN IOWA. AS THIS FRONT MOVES CLOSER TO ILLINOIS... SOME STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUTNAM AND BUREAU COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:25 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-270030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
625 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR BUREAU AND
PUTNAM COUNTIES...
AT 620 PM... NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NEAR BUREAU OR PUTNAM COUNTIES.
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WERE ALONG THE ILLINOIS-
WISCONSIN BORDER STRETCHING FROM DUBUQUE IOWA INTO THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF
CHICAGO.
THESE STORMS WERE FORMING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO EASTERN
IOWA. AS THIS FRONT MOVES CLOSER TO ILLINOIS... SOME STRONG AND POSSIBLY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUTNAM AND BUREAU COUNTIES.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTHER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
MOGGED
WWUS34KMKE ,,Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:26 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-270030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
625 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR BUREAU AND
PUTNAM COUNTIES...
AT 620 PM... NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NEAR BUREAU OR PUTNAM COUNTY.
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WERE ALONG THE ILLINOIS-
WISCONSIN BORDER STRETCHING FROM DUBUQUEIOWA INTO THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF
CHICAGO.
THESE STORMS WERE FORMING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO EASTERN
IOWA. AS THIS FRONT MOVES CLOSER TO ILLINOIS... SOME STRONG AND POSSIBLY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUTNAM AND BUREAU COUNTIES.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RA DIO FOR FUTHER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
MOGGEDSpecial weather statement, Jun 26, 6:28 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-270030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
625 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR BUREAU AND
PUTNAM COUNTIES...
AT 620 PM... NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NEAR BUREAU OR PUTNAM COUNTIES.
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WERE ALONG THE ILLINOIS-
WISCONSIN BORDER STRETCHING FROM DUBUQUE IOWA INTO THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF
CHICAGO.
THESE STORMS WERE FORMING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO EASTERN
IOWA. AS THIS FRONT MOVES CLOSER TO ILLINOIS... SOME STRONG AND POSSIBLY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUTNAM AND BUREAU COUNTIES.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...T,V OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTHER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
MOGGEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Winnebago | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Winnebago | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Boone | 43 min |
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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.