Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 146
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 5, 1997, 2:30 PM CST for 40 counties in Illinois; City of Saint Louis, Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 1997, 2:30 PM CST (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1997, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties
Bond County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
12 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 2:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard, Sangamon | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Peoria, Tazewell | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 3:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 3:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon, Piatt | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 4:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Livingston | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 57 min |
| Apr 5, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 34 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox, LaSalle and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy and 13 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | New Madrid, Pemiscot | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch in 1997
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.