Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1994, 11:15 AM CDT for Cass County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1994, 11:15 AM CDT (16:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1994, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cass County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 350 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
- 1617 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jul 2, 9:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
ILZ046-021545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 9 47 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH VERMILION COUNTY... AT 945 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN VERMILION COUNTY...12 MILES NORTHWEST OF DANVILLE...NEAR JAMESBURG. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD CROSS THE INDIANA BORDER BETWEEN 1015 AND 1030 AM CDT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. AS THIS STORM APPROACHES...MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS. AUTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GEELHART
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
ILZ046-021545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...EXTRA MATERIAL... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 9 55 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH VERMILION COUNTY... AT 945 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN VERMILION COUNTY...12 MILES NORTHWEST OF DANVILLE...NEAR JAMESBURG. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD CROSS THE INDIANA BORDER BETWEEN 1015 AND 1030 AM CDT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. AS THIS STORM APPROACHES...MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS. AUTEN
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 10:41 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-021645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1041 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 1035 AM...SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM GALESBURG...44 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEORIA.. TO BEARDSTOWN 44 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN SCHUYLER COUNTY AND ANOTHER OVER EXREME NORTHERN SCHUYLER COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS OVER SCHUYLER COUNTY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL... GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THEY PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 10:41 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-021645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1041 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 1035 AM...SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM GALESBURG...44 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEORIA.. TO BEARDSTOWN 44 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN SCHUYLER COUNTY AND ANOTHER OVER EXREME NORTHERN SCHUYLER COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS OVER SCHUYLER COUNTY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL... GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THEY PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 10:56 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
ILZ047-021655- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1056 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CASS COUNTY... AT 1050 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BEARDSTOWN...45 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT 1050 AM CDT... THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN BEARDSTOWN REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TOWN. BRIEF DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM. MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...WHEN THIS STORM APPROACHES. LISTEN TO YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:04 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
ILZ047-021655- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...WORDING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1056 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CASS COUNTY... AT 1050 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BEARDSTOWN...45 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT 1050 AM CDT... THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN BEARDSTOWN REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TOWN. BRIEF DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM. MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...WHEN THIS STORM APPROACHES. LISTEN TO YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AUTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 29 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.