Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 1989, 6:16 AM CST for Effingham County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 1989, 6:16 AM CST (12:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 1989, 7:00 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Effingham County, IL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 6:30 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Effingham, IL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Peoria Regional, IL (KPIA), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 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 KSTL 151218 SVRSTL ILC049-151300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 616 AM CST WED NOV 15 1989 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...EFFINGHAM COUNTY AT 615 AM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF EFFINGHAM..ALONG THE EFFINGHAM-FAYETTE COUNTY BORDER. THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS EFFINGHAM COUNTY BETWEEN 615 AND 7AM. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED THROUGH CLINTON COUNTY RECENTLY. PERSONS IN EFFINGHAM COUNTY..INCLUDING THE CITY OF EFFINGHAM.. SHOULD PREPARE FOR HIGH WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL BETWEEN 615 AND 700AM THIS MORNING. FELDT
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, Nov 15, 2:13 AM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
MOZ013-014-150900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 210 AM CST WED NOV 15 1989 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING... AT 200 AM A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 45 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA NEAR HERMITAGE...AND OTHER SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A BAND 10 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF ROLLA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN HAIL...BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WIND...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AROUND CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING...HOWEVER THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS OVER SOUTH SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. AL
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 3:02 AM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
MOZ017-018-151000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 300 AM CST WED NOV 15 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN FRANKLIN COUNTY... AT 3AM...AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FRANKLIN COUNTY WHILE ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROLLA IN PHELPS COUNTY. THIS WAS BETWEEN 50 AND 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS. HAIL WAS REPORTED AT DIXON IN PULASKI COUNTY AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH. BETWEEN 3 AND 4AM THIS MORNING..THESE VERY STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF FRANKLIN...NORTHWEST CRAWFORD..AND NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTIES. HIGH WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS PASSAGE. FELDT
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 4:56 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
MOZ017-018-151200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 500 AM CST WED NOV 15 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE ST LOUIS AREAS... AT 5AM...AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITIAN AREA. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HALF INCH HAIL WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WERE BEING REPORTED IN THESE AREAS. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 60 TO 70 MPH IN SOME PORTIONS OF SkOUTH ST LOUIS AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WESTERN ILLINOIS BETWEEN 5 AND 6 AM THIS MORNING. WORK
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 5:44 AM CST, 32 minutes before
MOZ017-018-151230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 540 AM CST WED NOV 15 1989 ...HIGH WINDS CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE IN SOUTH ST LOUIS AND CAHOKIA ILLINOIS... AT 530 AM SEVERE STORMS MOVING ACROSS ST LOUIS INTO ILLINOIS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS ACCOMPANYING THESE STORMS. AT PARKS COLLEGE IN CAHOKIA ILLINOIS JUST A FEW MILES EAST OF ST LOUIS AIRCRAFT HANGERS HAVE BEEN TWISTED AND FLATTENED AND SMALL AIRCRAFT TOSSED AROUND THE AIRPORT BY HIGH WINDS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHCENTRAL ILLINOIS WITHIN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. WORK
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.