Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1994, 7:56 PM CDT for Ogle County, Winnebago County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 1994, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1994, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ogle County, IL, Winnebago County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 271 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 406 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KRFD 260056
SVRRFD
ILC201-141-260145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
756 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
WINNEBAGO...OGLE
AT 750 PM...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER IN BYRON...15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ROCKFORD...REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAINS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
SOME COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
STILLMAN VALLEY IN OGLE COUNTY AND WINNEBAGO...ROCKFORD AND
NEW MILFORD IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE OUT OF AREAS THAT ARE
PRONE TO FLOODING AND TAKE SHELTER. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IS IMMINENT! REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN ALSO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING!
BRONIARCZYKWhat 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, Apr 25, 5:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
ILZ025-026-034-035-040-260055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 553 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 550 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY WEST OF A LINE FROM SHANGHAI CITY...IN NORTHEAST WARREN COUNTY...TO SOUTHWEST OF RUSHVILLE ...IN SCHUYLER COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE |EXPECTED OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. BUCKINGHAM
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
ILZ025>027-034>036-040-041-260140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 635 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 635 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE WEST OF A LINE FROM ALTONA...IN KNOX COUNTY...TO LEWISTOWN...IN FULTON COUNTY...TO CHANDLERVILLE...IN SCHUYLER COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA NEWS SOURCE FOR CURRENT INFORMATION. BUCKINGHAM
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 7:44 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
ILZ047-050-260145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 742 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER... AT 740 PM...SPRINGFIELD RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER...FROM ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN QUINCY AND ST LOUIS...TO NEAR BEARDSTOWN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS ALONG THE RIVER FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...AND SOME SMALL HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. GEELHART
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 7:49 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
ILZ025>027-029-034>036-040-041-260250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 748 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN ILLINOIS... AROUND MID EVENING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE REGION...MAINLY WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEASTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH AS THE ENTIRE AREA EXPANDS SLOWLY TO THE EAST. RAINFALL WILL BEGIN IN THE PEORIA AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. BREESER
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 7:51 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
ILZ025>027-029-034>036-040-041-260250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 748 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN ILLINOIS... AROUND MID EVENING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE REGION...MAINLY WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEASTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH AS THE ENTIRE AREA EXPANDED SLOWLY TO THE EAST. RAINFALL WILL BEGIN IN THE PEORIA AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. BREESER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Ogle | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 53 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.