Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1992, 5:40 PM CDT for Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 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
- Sep 9, 1992, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1992, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 6:12 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Pike, 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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 342 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
- 1613 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 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 092239 SVRSTL ILC149-092330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 540 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...PIKE COUNTY AT 537 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN PIKE COUNTY ILLINIOS...ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HANNIBAL. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF BARRY AND PITTSFIELD ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRZYBYLINSKI
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, Sep 9, 2:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
MOZ003-006-007-011-092030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 233 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL TIL 900 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AT 230 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR AT ST. LOUIS SHOWED AN AREA OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHWEST SCHUYLER COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF GLENDALE...ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE AND EASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY...ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES WEST OF KIRKSVILLE. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY WILL MOVE INTO THE TOWN OF KIRKSVILLE BETWEEN 245 AND 250 PM CDT. AT 230 PM THE MILAN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN SULLIVAN COUNTY REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP TUNE FOR LATER STATMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
MOZ003-006-007-011-092115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 317 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS TIL 900 PM CDT.. AT 315 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST IOWA THROUGH PARTS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED NEAR BURLINGTON IOWA SOUTHWEST THROUGH KIRKSVILLE TO NEAR CARROLTON MISSOURI...ABOUT 55 MILES EAST OF KANSAS CITY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE... AND NEAR BURLINGTON IOWA. A SECOND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF QUINCY TO 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF QUNICY NEAR THE TOWN OF SHELBYVILLE IN SHELBY COUNTY. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. DUE TO THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STORMS PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 3:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-092100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 320 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 9 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 300 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER KIRKSVILLE. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AROUND 40 MILES NORTH OF SEDALIA...JUST WEST OF MARSHALL AND SLATER. THESE STORMS WILL BE 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA BY 320 PM AND COULD REACH SEVERE STRENGTH AT ANY TIME...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...OR POSSIBLY TORNADOES. IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER...REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KENNEDY
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 3:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-092100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO...CORRECTION 320 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 9 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 300 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER KIRKSVILLE. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AROUND 40 MILES NORTH OF SEDALIA...JUST WEST OF MARSHALL AND SLATER. THESE STORMS WILL BE 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA BY 420 PM AND COULD REACH SEVERE STRENGTH AT ANY TIME...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...OR POSSIBLY TORNADOES. IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER...REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KENNEDY
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
MOZ002-003-005-006-092215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 415 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI... THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE WATCH... SCHUYLER SCOTLAND CLARK ADAIR KNOX DAVIESS GRUNDY SULLIVAN CALDWELL LIVINGSTON RAY CARROLL LINN THE CITIES OF KIRKSVILLE...MEMPHIS...AND CHILLICOTHE ARE ALSO CLEARED FROM THE WATCH. < HOWEVER...THE REST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM. AT 415 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP FROM JUST NORTH OF SEDALIA TO JUST WEST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH ALONG AND EAST OF THIS LINE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...AND DURING THE EVEvNING HOURS. TRUETT
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 5:14 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
MOZ013-015-019-100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 510 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE MISSOURI COUNTIES OF BATES...BARTON...JASPER ...MCDONALD...NEWTON AND VERNON IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. ALSO...THE TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. TUCKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 66 min |
| Sep 9, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 53 min |
| Sep 9, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.