Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 1993, 8:39 PM CDT for Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1993, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1993, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tazewell County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 389 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
- 2456 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1399 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 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 110140 TORPIA ILC179-110215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 839 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...TAZEWELL COUNTY AT 0837 PM...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS FORMING NEAR THE PEKIN AIRPORT...ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO ARE SOUTH PEKIN...GREEN VALLEY...DELAVAN AND HOPEDALE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY T&OSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. MOGGED
What 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, Jul 10, 5:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTIONS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 548 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR HENDERSON...WARREN AND KNOX COUNTIES AND UNTIL 11 PM FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER... A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 11 PM FOR BUREAU... PUTNAM...STARK...TAZEWELL...MARSHALL...MCLEAN...WOODFORD AND PEORIA COUNTIES. AT 545 PM...AN INTENSE STORM WAS IN MCLEAN COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF HOLDER... ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH TOWARDS THE TOWNS OF COLFAX AND ANCHOR. THIS WAS THE ONLY STORM OCCURRING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS SO FAR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-110045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 650 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR HENDERSON...WARREN AND KNOX COUNTIES AND UNTIL 11 PM FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER... AT 640 PM...TWO AREAS OF INTENSE STORMS WERE BEING MONITORED FOR SEVERE WEATHER.THE FIRST AREA OF INTEREST WAS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES EAST OF MOLINE SOUTHWEST TO BURLINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES EAST OF MOLINE.THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THE SECOND AREA OF STORMS WAS FROM MASON COUNTY THROUGH TAZEWELL AND MCLEAN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SO FAR... ONLY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP JUST ABOUT ANY PLACE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER...WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 58 MPH AND CAN OCCASIONALLY SPAWN TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISON OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-110045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 650 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR HENDERSON...WARREN AND KNOX COUNTIES AND UNTIL 11 PM FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER... AT 640 PM...TWO AREAS OF INTENSE STORMS WERE BEING MONITORED FOR SEVERE WEATHER.THE FIRST AREA OF INTEREST WAS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES EAST OF MOLINE SOUTHWEST TO BURLINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES EAST OF MOLINE.THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THE SECOND AREA OF STORMS WAS FROM MASON COUNTY THROUGH TAZEWELL AND MCLEAN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SO FAR... ONLY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP JUST ABOUT ANY PLACE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER...WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 58 MPH AND CAN OCCASIONALLY SPAWN TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISON OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-110045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 650 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR HENDERSON...WARREN AND KNOX COUNTIES AND UNTIL 11 PM FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER... AT 640 PM...TWO AREAS OF INTENSE STORMS WERE BEING MONITORED FOR SEVERE WEATHER.THE FIRST AREA OF INTEREST WAS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES EAST OF MOLINE SOUTHWEST TO BURLINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES EAST OF MOLINE.THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THE SECOND AREA OF STORMS WAS FROM MASON COUNTY THROUGH TAZEWELL AND MCLEAN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SO FAR... ONLY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP JUST ABOUT ANY PLACE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER...WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 58 MPH AND CAN OCCASIONALLY SPAWN TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISON OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
ILZ009-010-110130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 727 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 725 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHAMPAIGN...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF RANTOUL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST VERMILION COUNTY ILLINOIS...AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF RANKIN AND REILLY BETWEEN 745 AND 800 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...EXPECT DEADLY LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADNIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS. MCCOY
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:58 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
ILZ-010-110145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 757 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 755 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE CHAMPAIGN/URBANA AREA...TO ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHAMPAIGN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST CHAMPAIGN AND NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF GIFFORD...ROYAL...POTOMAC AND HOOPESTON BETWEEN 800 AND 900 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...EXPECT DEADLY LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. MCCOY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 8:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Hancock, McDonough | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 37 min |
| Jul 11, 6:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Hancock | 58 min |
| Jul 11, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Hancock | 58 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.