Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1994, 4:18 PM CDT for Lee County, Ogle County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1994, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1994, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lee County, IL, Ogle County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 304 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
- 104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 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 KRFD 192118 RRA
SVRRFD
ILC141-103-192200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
418 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
OGLE...LEE
AT 414 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THAT EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF MT MORRIS TO THE STERLING/
ROCK FALLS AREA. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40
MPH AND HAS HAD A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH WHILE
IN WHITESIDE COUNTY.
SOME COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
OREGON...ROCHELLE...DIXON...AMBOY
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE OUT OF AREAS THAT ARE
PRONE TO FLOODING AND TAKE SHELTER. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IS IMMINENT! REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN ALSO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING!
REHWALDWhat 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 19, 3:33 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-192135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 333 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR MARSHALL AND PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM... AROUND 330 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG A LINE FROM NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY TO BURLINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING QUITE RAPIDLY AS THEY MOVED EAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. EXPECT THE STORMS TO INTENSIFY IN THE NEXT HOUR...EXTENDING FROM BRADFORD TO ABOUT MACOMB. THE STORMS MOVING INTO BUREAU COUNTY MAY NEAR SEVERE LIMITS. HIGH WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:34 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-192135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 333 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR MARSHALL AND PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM... AROUND 330 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG A LINE FROM NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY TO BURLINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING QUITE RAPIDLY AS THEY MOVED EAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. EXPECT THE STORMS TO INTENSIFY IN THE NEXT HOUR...EXTENDING FROM BRADFORD TO ABOUT MACOMB. THE STORMS MOVING INTO BUREAU COUNTY MAY NEAR SEVERE LIMITS. HIGH WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:43 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-192145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 343 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MARSHALL...PUTNAM AND BUREAU COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM... AROUND 330 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG A LINE FROM NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY TO BURLINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING QUITE RAPIDLY AS THEY MOVED EAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. EXPECT THE STORMS TO INTENSIFY IN THE NEXT HOUR...EXTENDING FROM BRADFORD TO ABOUT MACOMB. THE STORMS MOVING INTO BUREAU COUNTY MAY NEAR SEVERE LIMITS. HIGH WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. MOGGED /CORRECT HEADLINE/
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:44 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-192145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 343 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MARSHALL...PUTNAM AND BUREAU COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM... AROUND 330 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG A LINE FROM NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY TO BURLINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING QUITE RAPIDLY AS THEY MOVED EAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. EXPECT THE STORMS TO IN.TENSIFY IN THE NEXT HOUR...EXTENDING FROM BRADFORD TO ABOUT MACOMB. THE STORMS MOVING INTO BUREAU COUNTY MAY NEAR SEVERE LIMITS. HIGH WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. MOGGED /CORRECT HEADLINE/
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:16 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-192220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 416 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY BRUSH NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MORRISON IN SOUTHERN WHITESIDE COUNTY WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ALONG ROUTE 92 AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF WALNUT...OHIO AND POSSIBLY LA MOILLE. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS WELL AS DEADLY LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR BUREAU...PUTNAM AND MARSHALL COUNTIES. MOGGED /COR WARNING TO WATCH/
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:18 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-192220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 416 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY BRUSH NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MORRISON IN SOUTHERN WHITESIDE COUNTY WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ALONG ROUTE 92 AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF WALNUT...OHIO AND POSSIBLY LA MOILLE. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS WELL AS DEADLY LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR BUREAU...PUTNAM AND MARSHALL COUNTIES. MOGGED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 6:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 69 min |
| Jul 19, 9:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 9:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 27 min |
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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.