Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1994, 9:51 PM CDT for Logan County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1994, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1994, 10:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Logan County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 345 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
- 1670 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSPI 260253 RRA SVRSPI ILC107-260330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 951 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY AT 945 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 36 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...NEAR LAWNDALE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORM ARE...LAWNDALE...BEASON...AND CHESTNUT. 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. $$ AUTEN
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 25, 7:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
ILZ042-043-047-048-050>053-059>061-260135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...WATCH WORDING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 731 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN SCHUYLER COUNTY... AT 725 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN AUGUSTA...IN HANCOCK COUNTY...30 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO CASS COUNTY BETWEEN 815 AND 830 PM CDT. ADVANCE PLANNING FOR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ESSENTIAL. MAKE SURE YOUR FAMILY KNOWS WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED. LISTEN TO YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AUTEN
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-260240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 838 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 830 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL...WAS OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BURLINGTON IOWA TO SPRINGFIELD. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS DETECTED NEAR HAVANA...36 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE SO TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-260240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 838 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 830 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL...WAS OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BURLINGTON IOWA TO SPRINGFIELD. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS DETECTED NEAR HAVANA...36 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE SO TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
ILZ047-050>052-059-060-260245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 845 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT. COUNTIES IN THE WATCH ARE CASS...MORGAN...SANGAMON...MACOUPIN AND MONTGOMERY. AT 840 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO 40 MILES NORTH OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 45 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...ON THE BORDER OF MORGAN AND PIKE COUNTIES...AND 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...IN MASON COUNTY. QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STORM PIKE COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. AUTEN
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 9:40 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-260340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 940 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AROUND MID EVENING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MACOMB...35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGTON...TO PEORIA TO BLOOMINGTON. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED OVER NORTHERN SCHUYLER COUNTY...40 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION...MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF PEORIA...THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 9:40 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-260340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 940 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AROUND MID EVENING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MACOMB...35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGTON...TO PEORIA TO BLOOMINGTON. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED OVER NORTHERN SCHUYLER COUNTY...40 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION...MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF PEORIA...THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BREESER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Hancock, McDonough, Schuyler | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau, Putnam | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason | 37 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.