Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1994, 6:14 PM CDT for Champaign County, Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 1994, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1994, 6:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Champaign County, IL, Piatt County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 335 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 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 KSPI 082317 RRA SVRSPI ILC019-147-090000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 614 PM CDT MON AUG 8 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...SOUTHWESTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY...EAST CENTRAL PIATT COUNTY AT 613 PM CDT...SPRINGFIELD RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN...NEAR THE PIATT/CHAMPAIGN COUNTY BORDER. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RESIDENTS OF IVESDALE...SADORUS...AND THE RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL PIATT AND SOUTHWEST CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES SHOULD MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORM...AREAS OF FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. TAKE SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LIGHTNING KILLS...SO STAY OFF OF TELEPHONES. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. $$ GEELHART &
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, Aug 8, 3:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
ILZ038-082220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 317 PM CDT MON AUG 8 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER MCLEAN COUNTY... RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT HAS BEGUN IN MCLEAN COUNTY...IN THE VICINITY OF RANDOLPH...7 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON..AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF BELLFLOWER...27 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTING WINDS...LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. BUCKINGHAM
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
ILZ042>048-050>057-059>063-082225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 421 PM CDT MON AUG 8 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING AND INCLUDES THE SPRINGFIELD...DECATUR...CHAMPAIGN/URBANA...DANVILLE...AND CHARLESTON AREAS. AT 410 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN TO 25 MILES OF DANVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. NO THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS AT THIS TIME. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. AUTEN
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
ILZ042>048-050>057-059>063-082225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 421 PM CDT MON AUG 8 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING AND INCLUDES THE SPRINGFIELD...DECATUR...CHAMPAIGN/URBANA...DANVILLE...AND CHARLESTON AREAS. AT 410 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN TO 25 MILES OF DANVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. NO THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS AT THIS TIME. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAtIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. AUTEN
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:40 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
ILZ042>048-050>057-059>063-082335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 540 PM CDT MON AUG 8 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING AND INCLUDES THE SPRINGFIELD...DECATUR...CHAMPAIGN/URBANA...DANVILLE...AND CHARLESTON AREAS. AT 530 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES WEST OF CHAMPAIGN TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF CHAMPAIGN NEAR MONTICELLO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A FEW SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. AUTEN
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:42 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
ILZ042>048-050>057-059>063-082335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 540 PM CDT MON AUG 8 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING AND INCLUDES THE SPRINGFIELD...DECATUR...CHAMPAIGN/URBANA...DANVILLE...AND CHARLESTON AREAS. AT 530 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES WEST OF CHAMPAIGN TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF CHAMPAIGN NEAR MONTICELLO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A FEW SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. AUTEN
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:04 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
ILZ057-082335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 604 PM CDT MON AUG 8 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EDGAR COUNTY... AT 6 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE...NEAR THE TOWN OF PARIS. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO FALL OUT OF THIS STORM...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST EDGAR COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT. REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER IF NECESSARY. GEELHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 22 min |
| Aug 8, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Piatt | 53 min |
| Aug 8, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 40 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.