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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1994, 4:00 PM CDT for Bureau County, Putnam County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1994, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 4:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bureau County, IL, Putnam County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 369 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 KPIA 262102 RRA SVRPIA ILC011-155-262200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 400 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...SOUTHEASTERN BUREAU COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY AT 4:00 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED SOUTHEAST OF PRINCETON IN CENTRAL BUREAU COUNTY ...45 MILES NORTH OF PEORIA. MOVEMENT AEAST SOUTHEAST AT 23 MPH. THIS STORM WILL THREATEN THE COMMUNITY OF DE PUE AROUND 4:22 PM...GRANVILLE AROUND 4:37 PM AND MT PALATINE AROUND 4:52 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. BREESER
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 26, 2:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
ILZ017-262055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 250 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BUREAU COUNTY... AT 245 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...WAS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BUREAU COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL EXIT BUREAU COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
ILZ017-262055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 250 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BUREAU COUNTY... AT 245 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...WAS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BUREAU COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL EXIT BUREAU COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:18 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
ILZ017-262120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 318 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY... AT 315 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN WHITESIDE COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 1/2 INCH HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH NEW BEDFORD...NORMANDY AND WALNUT ...IN NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY...DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER UNTIL IT PASSES. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:20 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
ILZ017-262120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 318 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY... AT 315 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN WHITESIDE COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 1/2 INCH HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH NEW BEDFORD...NORMANDY AND WALNUT ...IN NORTHERNd BUREAU COUNTY...DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER UNTIL IT PASSES. 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 25, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 30 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
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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.