Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1986, 8:08 PM CDT for Franklin County, Hamilton County, Illinois. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1986, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1986, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 14, 5:08 PM CDT, 3 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 505 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1986 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 500 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. HOWEVERE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENT AND/OR WARNING. AT 500 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHILL FROM JUST SOUTH OF MALDEN ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI ACROSS THE BOOTHILL INTO EXTREME WESTERN KENTUCKY AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARION. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. YOU ARE URGED TO STAY AL ERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF IT SHOULD BECOME NECESSARY. OTHER THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM 25 MILES WEST OF POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS. SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECAIL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 530 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1986 VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY AT 530 PM CDT. THESE VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTAINED IN A 25 MILE WIDE AREA THAT WAS FROM JUST WEST OF MORGANTOWN TO PROVIDENCE. BEAVER DAM REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS WITH THIS STORM. MADISONVILLE ALSO REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS THAT CAUSED SOME TREE DAMAGE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE MOVING ACROSS HOPKINS...MUHLENBURG AND SOUTH OHIO COUNTIES AT THIS TIME AND WILL BE IN BUTLER...NORTH TODD AND NORTH LOGAN BY 630 PM CDT. PERSONS IN THESE KENTUCKY COUNTIES SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY SOME STREET AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. HUFF
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 550 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1986 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 550 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENT AND/OR WARNING. AT 550 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO BE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI..THE BOOTHILL..WESTERN KENTUCKY AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI AND EXTENDED WEST ACROSS NORTHERN BOLLINGER COUNTY TO NEAR MARQUAND. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY NEAR BARDWELL. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 5 MILES WEST OF KENNETT MISSOURI AND 7 MILES WEST OF MALDEN MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE TRI STATE REGION THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON6 ROADWAYS..URBAN AND STREET FLOODING. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS YOU ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. SMITH
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.