Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1994, 4:53 PM CDT for Boone County, Winnebago County, Illinois. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1994, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Boone County, IL, Winnebago County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS1 KRFD 252153 RRA
SVRRFD
ILC201-007-252245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
453 PM CDT WED MAY 25 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
NORTHERN WINNEBAGO...BOONE
AT 4 48 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
JUST NORTHWEST OF BELOIT WISCONSIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH. LARGE 1 INCH SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM
IN WESTERN ROCK COUNTY WISCONSIN DURING THE LAST 15 MINUTES.
SOME COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
SOUTH BELOIT...ROCKTON...ROSCOE...POPLAR GROVE...BLAINE...CAPRON.
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!
SANDERSWhat 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, May 25, 2:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
ILZ017-018-026>031-037-038-252045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 245 PM CDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE AREA... AT 240 PM... NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EXTREME NORTHWEST ILLINOIS SOUTHWEST INTO EASTERN IOWA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS SHOULD REACH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR BURLINGTON BY 4 PM. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MOGGED
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-037-038-252150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 349 PM CDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN ILLINOIS... AROUND 350 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO HENDERSON COUNTY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CAUSED WIND DAMAGE IN EASTERN IOWA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN EXTREME NORTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY WILL LIKELY SEE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF ANY STORMS BECOME SEVERE. MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS REMAINS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7PM THIS EVENING. BREESER
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:53 PM CDT, 1 hour before
ILZ017-018-025>031-037-038-252150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 349 PM CDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN ILLINOIS... AROUND 350 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO HENDERSON COUNTY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CAUSED WIND DAMAGE IN EASTERN IOWA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN EXTREME NORTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY WILL LIKELY SEE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF ANY STORMS BECOME SEVERE. MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS REMAINS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7PM THIS EVENING. BREESER
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:33 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
ILZ042>048-050>057-059>063-252235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 433 PM CDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS MOVING INTO THE SPRINGFIELD AREA AND ACROSS THE CHAMPAIGN AND DANVILLE AREAS... AT 4 25 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WERE MOVING INTO THE SPRINGFIELD AREA. THESE WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF SANGAMON COUNTY BY AROUND 5 PM. A LINE OF STRONG STORMS WAS ACROSS CHAMPAIGN AND DANVILLE. PEOPLE IN SANGAMON...CHAMPAIGN....AND VERMILION COUNTIES SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DEADLY LIGHTNING. EXPECT SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. A LATE REPORT FROM RADIO STATION WDWS IN CHAMPAIGN OF A WIND GUST TO 54 MPH AT 423 PM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR DEWITT AND LOGAN COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. PALMER
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:47 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-252250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 447 PM CDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WARREN COUNTY... A DISORGANIZED LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARCED FROM NEAR ROCKFORD TO MONMOUTH THEN WEST TO BURLINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NORTH OF MONMOUTH IN WARREN COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN KNOX COUTY BY 515 PM. OTHER STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS HENDERSON AND WARREN COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM. NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY WILL ALSO SEE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH 7 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MOGGED
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:51 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-252250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 447 PM CDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WARREN COUNTY... A DISORGANIZED LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARCED FROM NEAR ROCKFORD TO MONMOUTH THEN WEST TO BURLINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NORTH OF MONMOUTH IN WARREN COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN KNOX COUTY BY 515 PM. OTHER STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS HENDERSON AND WARREN COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM. NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY WILL ALSO SEE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH 7 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MOGGED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 34 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.