Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 1994, 5:15 PM CDT for Peoria County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 1994, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 1994, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 406 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 202217 TORPIA ILC143-179-202300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 515 PM CDT WED JUL 20 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...PEORIA COUNTY...TAZEWELL COUNTY AT 510 PM....NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUIDS AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO WERE RECEIVED FROM NEAR LAKE CAMELOT. *THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. MOGGED
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 2:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 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, 2 hours 39 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
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-202200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 401 PM CDT WED JUL 20 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 355 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS HENDERSON.... HANCOCK... WARREN... MCDONOUGH AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN CENTRAL MCDONOUGH COUNTY NEAR MACOMB. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THROUGH 5 PM... THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN FULTON INTO KNOX COUNTIES. HIGH WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-202200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 401 PM CDT WED JUL 20 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 355 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS HENDERSON.... HANCOCK... WARREN... MCDONOUGH AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN CENTRAL MCDONOUGH COUNTY NEAR MACOMB. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THROUGH 5 PM... THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN FULTON INTO KNOX COUNTIES. HIGH WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:48 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
ILZ047-050-202250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 448 PM CDT WED JUL 20 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE ILLINOIS RIVER... AT 445 PM CDT...SPRINGFIELD RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE ILLINOIS RIVER...FROM MEREDOSIA NORTH TO CUBA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT WESTERN CASS AND NORTHWEST MORGAN COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM. HAIL AND HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 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. REMEMBER THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT. GEELHART
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:49 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
ILZ047-050-202250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 448 PM CDT WED JUL 20 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE ILLINOIS RIVER... AT 445 PM CDT...SPRINGFIELD RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE ILLINOIS RIVER...FROM MEREDOSIA NORTH TO CUBA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT WESTERN CASS AND NORTHWEST MORGAN COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM. HAIL AND HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 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. REMEMBER THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT. GEELHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough, Warren | 42 min |
| 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, 5:17 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
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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.