Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1992, 4:07 PM CDT for Saint Clair County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 1992, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1992, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saint Clair County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 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 162108 SVRSTL ILC163-162145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 407 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS ...SOUTHERN ST CLAIR COUNTY AT 405 PM CDT.,..RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST LOUIS...NEAR NEW ATHENS IN SOUTHERN ST CLAIR COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE TOWNS OF NEW ATHENS...FAYETTEVILLE AND DARMSTADT. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. IN ADDITION A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND ALL OF CLINTON COUNTIES TILL 445 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DLF/ST
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, Apr 16, 1:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
ILZ011-012-013-161945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 138 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992 AT 130 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MT VERNON ILLINOIS...OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF CENTRALIA TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MT VERNON NEAR PICKNEYVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH JEFFERSON AND MARION COUNTIES BETWEEN 140 PM AND 240 PM CDT. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF SALEM...MT VERNON AND CENTRALIA CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME STREET FLOODING AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. FERRY
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 2:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
MOZ011-017-018-162000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 202 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992 ...AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 200 PM...RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROLLA OR JUST NORTHWEST OF CUBA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 3 PM CDT. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE TOWNS OF CUBA...SULLIVAN AND ST CLAIR CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HAIL WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE 44 IN THIS AREA WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINS WHICH WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. FERRY
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 2:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
MOZALL-162000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 210 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON... AT 200 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEDALIA NEAR STOVER...AND FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA NEAR COLE CAMP TO ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD IN HICKORY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY THIS AFTERNOON...AND BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANG'ING WEATHER CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATMENTS THIS AFTERNOON. LA GREE
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:08 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
MOZ011-012-017-018-ILZ011-013-162115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 306 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... A NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES SOUTH OF ST LOUIS EAST OF CRYSTAL CITY TO 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS...JUST WEST OF SULLIVAN. AT 3PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORMS OVER EXTREME WESTERN MONROE COUNTY ILLINOIS...IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY MISSOURI NEAR DE SOTO...OVER CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY MISSOURI NEAR POT IAND IN SOUTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY MISSOURI WEST OF SULLIVAN. THE STORM NE DESOTO MISSOURI PRODUCE SOME ONE-HALF INCH HAIL AT 245 PM CDT. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL...THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND WINDS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THORUGH FRANKLIN...WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN MISSOURI DMONROE AND ST CLAIR COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN 310 PM AND 410 PM CDT. FERRY
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:12 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
MOZ011-012-017-018-ILZ011-013-162115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 306 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... A NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES SOUTH OF ST LOUIS EAST OF CRYSTAL CITY TO 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS...JUST WEST OF SULLIVAN. AT 3PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORMS OVER EXTREME WESTERN MONROE COUNTY ILLINOIS...IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY MISSOURI NEAR DE SOTO...OVER CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY MISSOURI NEAR POTOSI AND IN SOUTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY MISSOURI WEST OF SULLIVAN. THE STORM NEAR DESOTO MISSOURI PRODUCE SOME ONE-HALF INCH HAIL AT 245 PM CDT. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL...THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND WINDS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THORUGH FRANKLIN...WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN MISSOURI AND MONROE AND ST CLAIR COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN 310 PM AND 410 PM CDT. FERRY
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:49 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
MOZ012-017-018-ILZ011-012-162145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 349 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EXTREME EASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... AT 345 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST LOUIS...NEAR NEW ATHENS...TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF ST LOUIS...NEAR BONNE TERRE. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE IN ILLINOIS...OVER ST CLAIR AND MONROE COUNTIES. THE STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS RATE OF MOVEMENT...THE STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING MONROE...ST CLAIR..WESTERN WASHINGTON...AND MOST OF CLINTON COUNTY BETWEEN 345 AND 430 PM THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS...AND IN THE TOWNS OF NEW ATHENS...OKAWVILLE... GERMANTOWN...AND RED BUD CAN EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAINS...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS OF UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. SOME BRIEF FLOODING OF STREETS AND ROADWAYS IS LIKELY. IN ADDITION...THE CURRENT MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WILL TAKE THEM INTO THE CARLYLE LAKE RECREATIONAL AREA BETWEEN 415 AND 430 PM THISh AFTERNOON. BOATERS ON CARLYLE LAKE SHOULD USE CAUTION...GET OFF THE LAKE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...AND TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY PERMANENT STRUCTURE. TRUETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Washington | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.