Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1994, 6:05 PM CDT for Mason County, Illinois. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1994, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mason County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 368 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
- 1424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KPIA 162306 RRA SVRPIA ILC125-170000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 605 PM CDT THU JUN 16 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...MASON COUNTY AT 605 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF BIGGS...IN CENTRAL MASON COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF EASTON AND TEHERAN BY 620 PM AND MASON CITY BY 640 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. WATERHOUSE
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 16, 4:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
ILZ047-050-162245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 436 PM CDT THU JUN 16 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY... AT 430 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR FROM SPRINGFIELD SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSONVILLE OR 35 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF CASS COUNTY THROUGH 5 PM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER AN INCH IN ONLY 15 OR 20 MINUTES. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CWG
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
ILZ036-041-162305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 500 PM CDT THU JUN 16 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY... AT 500 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF BATH BY 520 PM AND HAVANA BY 545 PM. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. WATERHOUSE
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
ILZ036-041-162305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 500 PM CDT THU JUN 16 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY... AT 500 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED $A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF BATH BY 520 PM AND HAVANA BY 545 PM. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. WATERHOUSE
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:12 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
ILZ047-048-162245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 510 PM CDT THU JUN 16 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD... AT 505 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR FROM SPRINGFIELD SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...ACROSS EASTERN CASS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MENARD COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT EASTERN CASS AND WESTERN MENARD COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER AN INCH IN ONLY 15 OR 20 MINUTES...ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CWG
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.