Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1994, 3:23 PM CDT for Christian County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1994, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1994, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Christian County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 268 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
- 1510 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSPI 122024 RRA SVRSPI ILC021-173-122115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 323 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...EASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...SHELBY COUNTY AT 320 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS OR 35 TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL THREE FOURTHS INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER. THE SEVERE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. TOWNS IN AND NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE...PANA...ASSUMPTION... MOWEAQUA...TOWER HILL...SHELBYVILLE AND FINDLAY. TAKE SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LIGHTNING KILLS...SO STAY OFF OF TELEPHONES. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. PALMER
What 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, Jun 12, 2:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-122020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 217 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN WESTERN ILLINOIS...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT MASON CITY TO GALESBURG. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF HANCOCK COUNTY...20 TO 30 MILES NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF QUINCY. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN HANCOCK AND WESTERN SCHUYLER COUNTIES BETWEEN 215 AND 315 PM. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY BY 300 PM. PEORIA AND SURROUNDING AREAS CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 300 AND 400 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG OR SEVERE... IS ANTICIPATED IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THE THUNDERSTORMS. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-122020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 217 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN WESTERN ILLINOIS...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT MASON CITY TO GALESBURG. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF HANCOCK COUNTY...20 TO 30 MILES NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF QUINCY. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN HANCOCK AND WESTERN SCHUYLER COUNTIES BETWEEN 215 AND 315 PM. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY BY 300 PM. PEORIA AND SURROUNDING AREAS CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 300 AND 400 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG OR SEVERE... IS ANTICIPATED IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENINPG. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THE THUNDERSTORMS. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:47 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
ILZ042>048-050>057-059>063-121545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 943 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 7 PM CDT... AT 230 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WEST OF A LINE FROM PEORIA TO DECATUR TO EFFINGHAM...AND BACK TO ST LOUIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 7 PM CDT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. LISTEN TO YOUR FAVORITE SOU4RCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AUTEN
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:03 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
ILZ042>048-050>057-059>063-121545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...ISSUE TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 243 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 7 PM CDT... AT 230 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WEST OF A LINE FROM PEORIA TO DECATUR TO EFFINGHAM...AND BACK TO ST LOUIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 7 PM CDT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. LISTEN TO YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AUTEN
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:20 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-122125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 320 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ADVANCING TOWARD CENTRAL ILLINOIS... THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ILLINOIS IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM ABOUT KEWANEE TO PEORIA TO LINCOLN AROUND 400 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD MASON CITY AROUND 330 PM ...AND BETWEEN HAVANA AND BEARDSTOWN BETWEEN 330 AND 345 PM. HEAVY RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS...CONCERNING THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:20 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-122125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 320 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ADVANCING TOWARD CENTRAL ILLINOIS... THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ILLINOIS IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM ABOUT KEWANEE TO PEORIA TO LINCOLN AROUND 400 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD MASON CITY AROUND 330 PM ...AND BETWEEN HAVANA AND BEARDSTOWN BETWEEN 330 AND 345 PM. HEAVY RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS...CONCERNING THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 30 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.