Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1994, 1:17 PM CDT for Christian County, Macon County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1994, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1994, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Christian County, IL, Macon County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 295 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS1 KSPI 021817 RRA
SVRSPI
ILC021-115-021900-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
117 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
NORTHERN CHRISTIAN...MACON
AT 110 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES
NORTHEAST TO 20 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE WARRENSBURG... NIANTIC...
AND DECATUR IN MACON COUNTY...ALONG WITH MOUNT AUBURN AND
STONINGTON IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY.
TAKE SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LIGHTNING KILLS...SO STAY AWAY FROM TELEPHONES. REMEMBER...A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.
AUTEN/GEELHARTWhat 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, 11:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 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, 1 hour 56 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, 1 hour 56 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, 12:33 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-021835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1234 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1220 PM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING TO THE WEST OF A LINE THAT EXTENDED FROM SHEFFIELD...40 MILES EAST OF MOLINE...TO 10 MILES EAST OF PEORIA TO 10 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME OF THE~SE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THEIR PATH SHOULD SEEK SHELTER AND ALLOW THE STORMS TO PASS. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:34 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-021835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1234 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1220 PM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING TO THE WEST OF A LINE THAT EXTENDED FROM SHEFFIELD...40 MILES EAST OF MOLINE...TO 10 MILES EAST OF PEORIA TO 10 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THEIR PATH SHOULD SEEK SHELTER AND ALLOW THE STORMS TO PASS. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:47 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
ILZ042-043-048-051>057-059>063-021830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1247 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 6 PM CDT... AT 1245 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...ENTERING THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF LOGAN COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE DOWNED TREES AND PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE- SIZE HAIL ACROSS MENARD AND FAR NORTHERN SANGAMON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE TOWNS OF ELKHART...BROADWELL... LINCOLN...AND MOUNT PULASKI SHOULD MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER. WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. RADAR ALSO SHOWED ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DECATUR NEAR SULLIVAN... AND MIDWAY BETWEEN CHAMPAIGN AND TERRE HAUTE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH...AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN... LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 55. CWG
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, 11:26 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, 1:23 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
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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.