Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 7:11 PM CDT for Randolph County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1992, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1517 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 250011 SVRSTL ILC157-250045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 711 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS ...WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY AT 706 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EASTERN STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF ST. LOUIS. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND IS PROJECTED TO MOVE THROUGH MODOC AND RUMA. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SOME WIND DAMAGE AND SOME SMALHAIL. 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 BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. METZE
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 24, 4:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
MOZALL-242200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 430 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 900PM THIS EVENING... AT 420 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND 30 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA NEAR KINGDOM CITY MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 35 MILES EAST OF JEFFERSON CITY OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF HERMANN. A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A WIND GUST OF 43 MILES AN HOUR AT BOTH DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA AND AT COLUMBIA REGIONAL AIRPORT AT 412 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST ON THE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE AREA...AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LA GREE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
MOZ011-012-018-242245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 442 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 436 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM POTOSI OR 47 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS TO NEAR KNOB LICK OR 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS IN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN DROPPING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND ONE MILE OR LESS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU'RE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. METZE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
MOZ011-012-242330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 522 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO ROLL ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 521 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 40 MILES WEST OF ST. LOUIS...JUST WEST OF WASHINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MILES AN HOUR AND SOME SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE UNION AND WASHINGTON BY 540 PM. IF YOU'RE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SEEK A STRONG BUILDING IF OUTSIDE UNITL THE STORM PASSES. METZE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
MOZ011-012-242345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 542 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 540 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CAPE GIRARDEAU TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF ROLLA AND NORTH TO 25 MILES WEST OF ST. LOUIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 15 SOUTH OF ROLLA IN WESTERN DENT...AND 35 NORTHWEST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU. THESE STORNGER STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU'RE ARE OUTSIDE AND IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...FIND SHELTER IN THE STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. METZE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
MOZ011-012-017-018-022-242345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO CODING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 542 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 540 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CAPE GIRARDEAU TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF ROLLA AND NORTH TO 25 MILES WEST OF ST. LOUIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 15 SOUTH OF ROLLA IN WESTERN DENT...AND 35 NORTHWEST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU. THESE STORNGER STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU'RE ARE OUTSIDE AND IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...FIND SHELTER IN THE STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. METZE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
MOZ010-013-014-015-016-242345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 605 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF MISSOURI... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSOURI... ZONE 10 - COLE COUNTY ZONE 13 - ST CLAIR AND HICKORY COUNTIES ZONE 14 - CAMDEN AND MILLER COUNTIES ZONE 15 - VERNON...CEDAR...BARTON...AND DADE COUNTIES ZONE 16 - DALLAS COUNTY
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.