Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 1994, 5:14 PM CDT for Logan County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 1994, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 1994, 5:54 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Logan County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 327 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
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 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 252216 RRA SVRSPI ILC107-167-252300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 514 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN SANGAMON COUNTY ILLINOIS STATE POLICE REPORTED GOLF -BALL SIZE HAIL NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD BETWEEN WILLIAMSVILLE AND ELKHART AT 508 PM. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS WILLIAMSVILLE TO SHERMAN BY 6 PM. TAKE SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. STAY AWAYp FROM WINDOWS. LIGHTNING KILLS...SO STAY OFF OF TELEPHONES. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. $$ SKIPPER &
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, Sep 25, 4:20 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-252225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 420 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ... AT 415 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH EASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MACKINAW...16 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PEORIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE WEST NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 TO 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER INTO PEORIA AREA BY 445 PM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROANOKE IN WOODFORD COUNTY...23 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEORIA. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TO WEST NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN PEORIA COUNTY INTO STARK COUNTY BY 5 PM. HIGH WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. OUSLEY
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 4:22 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-252225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 420 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ... AT 415 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH EASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MACKINAW...16 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PEORIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE WEST NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 TO 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER INTO PEORIA AREA BY 445 PM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROANOKE IN WOODFORD COUNTY...23 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEORIA. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TO WEST NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN PEORIA COUNTY INTO STARK COUNTY BY 5 PM. HIGH WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. OUSLEY
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 4:26 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-252230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 426 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ... AT 415 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH EASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MACKINAW...16 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PEORIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE WEST NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 TO 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER INTO THE PEORIA AREA BY 445 PM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROANOKE IN WOODFORD COUNTY...23 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEORIA. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TO WEST NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN PEORIA COUNTY INTO STARK COUNTY BY 5 PM. HIGH WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. OUSLEY
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 4:28 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-252230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 426 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ... AT 415 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH EASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MACKINAW...16 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PEORIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE WEST NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 TO 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER INTO THE PEORIA AREA BY 445 PM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROANOKE IN WOODFORD COUNTY...23 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEORIA. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TO WEST NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN PEORIA COUNTY INTO STARK COUNTY BY 5 PM. HIGH WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. OUSLEY
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 4:31 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
ILZ042>048-050>057-061>063-252235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 431 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... WEATHER RADAR AT 422 PM CDT INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD AND NORTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR BROADWELL AND 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN NEAR FARMER CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORHTWEST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. IN OPEN AREAS...GO TO A LOW PLACE SUCH AS A RAVINE OR VALLEY. SKIPPER
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 4:33 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
ILZ042>048-050>057-061>063-252235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 431 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... WEATHER RADAR AT 422 PM CDT INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD AND NORTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR BROADWELL AND 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN NEAR FARMER CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORHTWEST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. IN OPEN AREAS...GO TO A LOW PLACE SUCH AS A RAVINE OR VALLEY. SKIPPER
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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.