Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1990, 7:50 PM CDT for Franklin County, Jackson County, Williamson County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 min. 3 reports 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
- May 9, 1990, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1990, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Williamson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Jackson, IL | |
| May 9, 8:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Williamson, IL | |
| May 9, 8:18 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 74 | Franklin, 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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 602 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
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, May 9, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
INZ011-014-KYZ003-ILZ012-014-100045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 635 PM CDT WED MAY 9 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS. AT 625 PM CDT...THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ILLINOIS... MORE THAN 100 MILES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE. THESE WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THERE WAS NO PRECIPITATION OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SOUTHWEST INDIANA OR WESTERN KENTUCKY AT 625 PM. ZIMMER
Special weather statement, May 9, 7:08 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
KYZ001-041700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1100 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 1990 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...WAS FROM JUST WEST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY...TO JACKSON TENNESSEE AT 11 AM CDT. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR... AND SHOULD EXTEND FROM JUST EAST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY...THROUGH CADIZ KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES REGION OF BOTH KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE. DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY SOME HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINE OF THUNDER STORMS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE APPROACHING STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU SEE THE STORMS MOVING TOWARD YOU. WILLIAMS
Special weather statement, May 9, 7:12 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
KYZ001-041700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1100 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 1990 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...WAS FROM JUST WEST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY...TO JACKSON TENNESSEE AT 11 AM CDT. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR... AND SHOULD EXTEND FROM JUST EAST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY...THROUGH CADIZ KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES REGION OF BOTH KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE. DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY SOME HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINE OF THUNDER STORMS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE APPROACHING STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU SEE THE STORMS MOVING TOWARD YOU. WILLIAMS ...DISREGARD ABOVE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TRANSMITTED BY CCIDENT... ANOTHER UPJDATED SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT TO FOLLOW...
Special weather statement, May 9, 7:16 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
KYZ001-ILZ013>015-MOZ022>023-100110 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 710 PM CDT WED MAY 9 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 AM FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND THE BOOTHEEL...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WEST KENTUCKY... AT 7 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF MT. VERNON ILLINOIS TO 10 MILES WEST OF KENNETT MISSOURI. HEAVIEST STORMS WERE OVER CAPE GIRARDEAU AND BOLLINGER COUNTIES IN MISSOURI. AT 655 PM A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OVSERVED IN BUTTLER COUNTY NEAR HWY 142 THERE WAS ALSO A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NEAR "CALL OF THE WILD" TO THE SOUTH- WEST OF POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. BORGIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Scott | 55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.