Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 1994, 9:24 PM CST for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 1994, 9:24 PM CST (03:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 1994, 9:51 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vermilion County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 302 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
- 3250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 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 KSPI 240324
SVRSPI
ILC183-240400-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
924 PM CST WED MAR 23 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN VERMILION
AT 919 PM CST...VERMILION COUNTY ESDA REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
AT OAKWOOD.
THE STORM WAS LOCATED FROM 8 MILES WEST TO 15 MILE SOUTHWEST OF
DANVILLE AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING TOWNS...CATLIN...
WESTVILLE...RIDGE FARM AND DANVILLE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
BYRDWhat 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, Mar 23, 7:05 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
ILZ037-041-240205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 703 PM CST WED MAR 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA... AT 700 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN MASON AND EASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF MACKINAW AND DELAVAN...IN TAZEWELL COUNTY...BY 730 PM. HIGH WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. WATERHOUSE
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 7:43 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
ILZ0042>048-050>057-059>063-240245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 743 PM CST WED MAR 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST... AT 740 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...NEAR HILLSBORO AND MORRISONVILLE. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...NEAR LINCOLN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. MORE STORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING...SO BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. BYRD
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 7:51 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-240300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 750 PM CST WED MAR 23 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 100 AM THIS MORNING... AT 745 PM CST...ONLY LIGHT RAIN WAS DETECTED OVER PORTIONS OF WOODFORD COUNTY. THIS PRECIPITATION IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE PRESENTLY NO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA... CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND T.V. STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WATERHOUSE
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 8:25 PM CST, 59 minutes before
ILZ0042>048-050>057-059>063-240300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 825 PM CST WED MAR 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST... AT 800 PM CST...A SPOTTER IN MORRISONVILLE...29 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD REPORTED HALF INCH HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. AT 820 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...JUST EAST OF MORRISONVILLE. ALSO ...ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DECATUR... NEAR TAYLORVILLE. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST WEST OF CHAMPAIGN TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. MORE STORMS MA&Y DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING...SO BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. BYRD
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 9:08 PM CST, 16 minutes before
ILZ0042>048-050>057-059>063-240345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 905 PM CST WED MAR 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST... AT 826 PM CST...A ILLINOIS STATE PATROL OFFICER REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL NEAR MANSFIELD...IN NORTHERN PIATT COUNTY. AT 900 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHAMPAIGN TO 5 MILES EAST OF CHAMPAIGN TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DECATUR TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAMPAIGN...JUST NORTH OF VILLA GROVE. ALSO...ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DECATUR...NEAR NEOGA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. MORE STORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT...SO BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. BYRD
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 9:11 PM CST, 13 minutes before
ILZ017-018-027>031-036>038-041-240515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 910 PM CST WED MAR 23 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 100 AM THIS MORNING... AT 905 PM CST...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL WAS DETECTED NEAR WALNUT IN NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY...47 MILES EAST OF MOLINE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. NO OTHER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED ACROSS THE REGION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND T.V. STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BREESER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stephenson, Winnebago | 36 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.