Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1994, 11:26 AM CDT for Cass County, Menard County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1994, 11:26 AM CDT (16:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1994, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cass County, IL, Menard County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 346 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, 10:41 AM CDT, 45 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, 45 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, 30 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, 22 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
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:21 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-021725- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1121 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR REGION... LATE THIS MORNING...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS...ESPECIALLY THOSE NEAR KILBOURNE... HAVANA AND BIGGS...SHOULD SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THEY PASS. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN A 15 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 20 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO GALESBURG. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:21 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-021725- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1121 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR REGION... LATE THIS MORNING...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS...ESPECIALLY THOSE NEAR KILBOURNE... HAVANA AND BIGGS...SHOULD SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THEY PASS. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN A 15 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 20 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO GALESBURG. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 45 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.