Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1994, 2:48 PM CDT for McDonough County, Warren County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 1994, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 1994, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McDonough County, IL, Warren County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 433 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
- 2213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 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 201950 RRA SVRPIA ILC109-187-202030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 248 PM CDT WED JUL 20 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...NORTHERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY...SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY AT 345 PM... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LA HARPE...20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MCDONOUGH AND SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTIES. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE BLANDINSVILLE...SCIOTA...SWAN CREEK ANDF YOUNGSTOWN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. MOGGED
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 20, 1:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
ILZ057-201850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1 25 PM CDT WED JUL 20 1994 ...STRONG THUNDRSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WEST OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA... AT 1 20 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CALRK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...ABOUT 25 TO 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF WESTFIELD TO ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PARIS. THE STORMS SHOWED LITTLE MOVMENT. HEAVY RAINS WITH DEADLY LIGHTING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS THROUGH 2 PM OVER CLARK COUNTY. PALMER PALMER
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:32 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-202035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 232 PM CDT WED JUL 20 1994 ...STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 225 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN BURLINGTON AND QUINCY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARDS LA HARPE IN NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING AT 30 TO 35 MPH. ANOTHER STORMS WAS NEAR QUINCY. QUINCY. EXPECT THE LA HARPE STORM TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN HENDERSON AND WARREN COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THE STORM NEAR QUINCY WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF SCHUYLER AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM. CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:34 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-202035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 232 PM CDT WED JUL 20 1994 ...STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 225 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN BURLINGTON AND QUINCY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARDS LA HARPE IN NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING AT 30 TO 35 MPH. ANOTHER STORMS WAS NEAR QUINCY. QUINCY. EXPECT THE LA HARPE STORM TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN HENDERSON AND WARREN COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THE STORM NEAR QUINCY WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF SCHUYLER AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM. CONDITIONS A&CROSS THE AREA ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:34 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-202035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 234 PM CDT WED JUL 20 1994 ...STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 225 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN BURLINGTON AND QUINCY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARDS LA HARPE IN NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING AT 30 TO 35 MPH. ANOTHER STORM WAS NEAR QUINCY. EXPECT THE LA HARPE STORM TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN HENDERSON AND WARREN COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THE STORM NEAR QUINCY WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF SCHUYLER AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM. CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:36 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-202035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 234 PM CDT WED JUL 20 1994 ...STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 225 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN BURLINGTON AND QUINCY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARDS LA HARPE IN NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING AT 30 TO 35 MPH. ANOTHER STORM WAS NEAR QUINCY. EXPECT THE LA HARPE STORM TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN HENDERSON AND WARREN COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THE STORM NEAR QUINCY WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF SCHUYLER AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM. CON.DITIONS ACROSS THE AREA ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MOGGED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 67 min |
| Jul 20, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 43 min |
| Jul 20, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 43 min |
| Jul 20, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 58 min |
| Jul 20, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 32 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.