Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 1993, 10:10 PM CDT for Champaign County, Illinois. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 1993, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1993, 10:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Champaign County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 342 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
- 2651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSPI 170310
TORSPI
ILC019-170345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
1010 PM CDT MON AUG 16 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
EXTREME SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN
AT 1004 PM CDT...CHAMPAIGN COUNTY ENERGENCY SERVICES REPORTED A
TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN...OR 2 MILES SOUTH OF
SADORUS.
THE TOWNS OF SADORUS...TOLONO...PARKVILLE AND PESOTUM ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE...AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...OR IF YOU ARE CAUGHT
OUTSIDE AND A TORNADO IS APPROACHING...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY
REINFORCED BUILDING. IF NONE IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN A
CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
MCCOYWhat 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, Aug 16, 9:28 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-170330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 930 PM CDT MON AUG 16 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CAN98O
Local storm report, Aug 16, 9:30 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT ...PRELIMINARY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
930 PM CDT MON AUG 16 1993
REPORTS FOR COUNTY WARNING AREA...BEGINNING 2050 CDT...AUGUST 15 1993
COUNTY TIME CDT
WOODFORD.. 2050 CDT SPRING BAY 11 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF PEORIA:
6 INCH TREE DOWN BY WINDS AT WOODFORD COUNTY CONSERVATION
AREA. REPORT FROM WOODFORD COUNTY ESDA.
MOGGED/MILLER/STUMETZSpecial weather statement, Aug 16, 9:35 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-170330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 935 PM CDT MON AUG 16 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 930 PM CDT...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAD PASSED FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. NO PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED ACROSS THE REGION AT 930 PM. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVERNIGHT BUT NONE ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. BREESER /INCLUDE TEXT/
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 9:38 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-170330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 935 PM CDT MON AUG 16 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 930 PM CDT...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAD PASSED FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. NO PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED ACROSS THE REGION AT 930 PM. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVERNIGHT BUT NONE ARE EXPECTED NTO BE SEVERE. BREESER /INCLUDE TEXT/
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 9:41 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
ILZ009-010-170335 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 941 PM CDT MON AUG 16 1993 ...CANCEL TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST SANGAMON AND CENTRAL DEWITT COUTNIES.. EFFECTIVEX IMMEDIATELY...CANCEL THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN DEWITT AND SOUTHWEST SANGAMON COUNTIES. THIS WARNING WAS INTENDED FOR CENTRAL PIATT AND SOUTHWEST CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES. MCCOY
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 9:53 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
ILZ009-010-170345 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 945 PM CDT MON AUG 16 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL ILLINPIS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 2 AM CDT... ...AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN...OR JUST EAST OF BEMENT. ELSEWHERE...ONLY WIDELY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE DETECTED OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS TONIGHT OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. MCCOY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 21 min |
| Aug 16, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 20 min |
| Aug 16, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Douglas | 28 min |
| Aug 17, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Shelby | 35 min |
Nearby
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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.