Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 4:14 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Greene County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1992, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 292 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
- 2332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 172114 SVRSTL ILC013-061-172200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 414 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS ...NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY...GREENE COUNTY AT 410 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR EOLIA IN SOUTHERN PIKE MISSOURI...ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE TOWNS OF HARDIN BY 430 PM AND CARROLTON BY 445 PM. 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YSOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GLASS
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, Jun 17, 1:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
MOZALL-171800-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
103 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MISSOURI UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IS DEVELOPING QUICKLY...
AT 100 PM A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL
MISSOURI ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR PARIS MISSOURI...45 MILES NORTHEAST OF
COLUMBIA...TO 30 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA AND SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CLINTON
...WHICH IS ABOUT 100 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA.
THESE STORMS ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY
WEST AND NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY
NORTHEASTWARD. PERSONS IN THE CENTRAL MISSOURI COUNTIES OF BOONE....
HOWARD...COOPER...AND PETTIS COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED OR VERY INTENSE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BETWEEN 115 PM AND 230 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI BASICALLY EAST OF
COLUMBIA AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...PERSONS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD
KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND LISTEN
FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PEDIGOSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 1:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
MOZALL-172000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...TORNADO WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
120 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI
UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IS DEVELOPING QUICKLY...
AT 100 PM A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL
MISSOURI ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR PARIS MISSOURI...45 MILES NORTHEAST OF
COLUMBIA...TO 30 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA AND SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CLINTON
...WHICH IS ABOUT 100 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA.
THESE STORMS ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY
WEST AND NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY
NORTHEASTWARD. PERSONS IN THE CENTRAL MISSOURI COUNTIES OF BOONE....
HOWARD...COOPER...AND PETTIS COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED OR VERY INTENSE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BETWEEN 115 PM AND 230 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI BASICALLY EAST OF
COLUMBIA AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...PERSONS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD
KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THIS AFTER`NOON AND LISTEN
FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PEDIGOSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 2:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
MOZALL-172000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 200 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 8 PM... AT 200 PM...A SOLID LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM HANNIBAL TO COLUMBIA TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEDALIA. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY WEST AND NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD. PERSONS IN THE CENTRAL MISSOURI COUNTIES OF BOONE.... HOWARD...COOPER...BENTON...AUDRAIN AND MORGAN COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 2 PM AND 3PM THIS AFTERNOON. LARM
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
MOZ003-180100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 210 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE H
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:52 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
MOZ007-010-011-172145-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
350 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992
...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN MISSOURI AND
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 8 PM...
AT 345 PM...A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 60 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA...TO 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS...TO 45 MILES
WEST OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS. MOVEMENT ON THE STORMS WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WATCH HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELED FOR THE AREA NORTHWEST OF
THIS THUNDERSTORM LINE.
THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THOUGH UNTIL 8 PM
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN MISSOURI...PIKE...MISSOURI ZONE 7
< MONTGOMERY...LINCOLN...MISSOURI ZONE 11
IN ILLINOIS...PIKE...MISSOURI ZONE 7
THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OTHER SECTIONS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS.
GOETSCHSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 4:02 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
MOZALL-172200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 400 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THOUGH SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 355 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF JEFFERSON CITY NEAR BAGNELL DAM...AND 55 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA NEAR BELLFLOWER MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SMAL HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSON ACROSS SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THE RE ST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS OR TO THE BASEMENT IF THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA. LA GREE
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.