Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 9:32 PM CDT for Effingham County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1992, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Effingham County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 3595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 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 030234 SVRSTL ILC049-030315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 932 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...EFFINGHAM COUNTY AT 928 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR DECATUR ILLINOIS TO 60 MILES OF ST. LOUIS NEAR VANDALIA. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. THE CITY OF EFFINGHAM IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 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, Jul 2, 3:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
MOZ003-006-007-011-022200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 359 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI...WESTERN ILLINOIS AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI TIL 10 PM CDT... AT 340 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVEWR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY... 5 TO 8 MILES EAST OF QUNICY...HANCOCK COUNTY ILLINOIS...20 MILES NORTH OF QUNICY AND NORTHWEST RALLS COUNTY MISSOURI...ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY. AT 345 PM CDT...THE ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SURFACE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND BLINDING RAINFALL. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH WILL PRODUCE LOCAL PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST 1NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP TUNE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. RP
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
MOZALL-022330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 540 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 TORNADO WATCH 524 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THESE AREAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... CLINTON HARRISON MERCER PUTNAM DAVIESS GRUNDY SULLIVAN CALDWELL LIVINGSTON RAY CARROLL PLATTE CLAY JACKSON CASS THE CITIES OF KANSAS CITY...CHILLICOTHE...AND TRENTON HAVE ALSO BEEN CLEARED FROM THE WATCH. HOWEVER...TORNADO WATCH 524 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM NEAR MARSHALL TO CLINTON. THESE STORMS STILL HAVE A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS. TRUETT
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
MOZALL-030130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 725 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM... AT 720PM...THE NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO LINCOLN AND WARREN COUNTIES IN MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 8PM AND 9PM THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND LARGE HAIL HAVE ALL BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE STORMS MOVE TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LP
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 38 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.