Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1992, 6:33 PM CDT for Perry County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1992, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Perry County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 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 232332 SVRSTL ILC145-240000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 633 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY AT 625 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST PERRY COUNTY...ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT VERNON OR NEAR DU QUOIN ILLINOIS. THE TOWNS OF DU QUOIN AND OLD DU QUOIN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESFS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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, Jun 23, 4:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
MOZ007-011-012-IL011-012-232230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 433 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1992 AT 425 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLNOIS. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS TO 55 MILES EAST OF ST. LOUIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF BELLEVILLE IN WESTERN CLINTON AND 5 MILES NORTHWEST CENTRALIA IN EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING IN THE VICINITY OF THE TOWNS OF NASHVILLE AND CENTRALIA BETWEEN 425 AND 440 PM CDT. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY ILLINOIS. THE CITY OF QUNICY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
MOZ003-007-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 453 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AT 445 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN 5 MILES NORTH OF QUNICY TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON IOWA. STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS..HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN LEWIS COUNTY... ABOUT 15 - 18 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF QUINCY. PERSONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP TUNE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
MOZ011-012-ILZ011-012-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 504 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE BISTATE AREA... AT 445 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ST. LOUIS METRO AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WESTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY ...ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF ST. LOUIS THROUGH DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS AND SOUTHEAST TO 25 MILES WEST OF MOUNT VERNON. ONE STORM WAS ENTERING SOUTHWEST MADISON AND NORTHWEST ST. CLAIR COUNTY ILLINOIS FROM DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS WHILE OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST ST. CHARLES AND WEST ST. LOUIS COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT SURFACE WIND GUSTS OR 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THE STORMS MOVING OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS AREA. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS..AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE METRO AREA WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH 600 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
MOZ011-012-ILZ011-012-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 504 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE BISTATE AREA... AT 445 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ST. LOUIS METRO AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WESTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY ...ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF ST. LOUIS THROUGH DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS AND SOUTHEAST TO 25 MILES WEST OF MOUNT VERNON. ONE STORM WAS ENTERING SOUTHWEST MADISON AND NORTHWEST ST. CLAIR COUNTY ILLINOIS FROM DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS WHILE OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST ST. CHARLES AND WEST ST. LOUIS COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT SURFACE WIND GUSTS OR 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THE STORMS MOVING OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS AREA. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS..AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE METRO AREA WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH 600 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
MOZ012-ILZ011-012-013-232330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 526 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1992 AT 515 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF VANDALIA TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF EFFINGHAM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF CENTRALIA OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT VERNON MANY OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR ...BLINDING RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AT 515 PM CDT...THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE REPORTED ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS OVER WESTERN MARION COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:54 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
MOZ011-012-ILZ011-240000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 556 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1992 AT 540 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY THROUGH THE METRO EAST AREA. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS TO 15 MILES EAST OF BELLEVILLE ILLINOIS. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EXITING SOUTH STZ LOUIS COUNTY AND METRO EAST BETWEEN BETWEEN 600 AND 620 PM CDT. OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE ST. LOUIS METRO AREA LATER THIS EVENING. PRZYBYLINSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Perry | 38 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.