Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1992, 10:22 AM CDT for Brown County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1992, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1992, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brown County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 11:05 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Brown, IL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 368 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
- 1224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 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 091526 SVRSTL ILC001-009-091615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1022 AM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY...BROWN COUNTY AT 1020 AM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NWS DOPPLER RADAR 15 MILES EAST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE KELLERSVILLE AND SILOAM SPRINGS STATE PARK AREAS BY 1045 PM. IF THIS STORM MOVES INTO YOUR AREA...MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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. GOETSCH
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 9, 7:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
MOZALL-091330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 740 AM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 740 AM...AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COVERED A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN A NARROW BAND THAT STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHERN LINN AND MACON COUNTY...30 MILES SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE...BUT DIMINISHED AS THEY MOVED INTO NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY... PRIMARILY OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE(...AND RESIDENTS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENT OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PERLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
MOZ003-006-007-010-011-012-091430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 832 AM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 577 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI... AT 830 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN MACON COUNTY...20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN SHELBY AND SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM THIS MORNING. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE LEONARD AND PLEVNA. IF THIS STORM MOVES INTO YOUR AREA...MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. OTHER STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON IN THE WATCH AREA...SO BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER SHOULD THEY MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. GOETSCH
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
MOZ003-005-006-007-010-011-012-091445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 849 AM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 2 PM... AT 849 AM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN KNOX AND NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES...SOUTH OF NOVELTY... 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO THE NEWARK AREA BY 905 AM...AND THE STEFFENVILLE AREA IN SOUTHWEST LEWIS COUNTY BY 930 AM. IF THIS STORM MOVES INTO YOUR AREA...MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. GOETSCH
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 9:28 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
MOZ003-006-007-091530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 925 AM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI... AT 922 AM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS AND IN CENTRAL MACON COUNTY...WEST OF MACON...25 MILES SOUTH OF KIRKSVILLE. STORM MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE EWING AND WAKONA STATE PARK AREAS BY 945 AM. THE STORMS SHOULD REACH THE QUINCY AREA BY 10 AM. IF ANY OF THESE STRONG STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA...MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. GOETSCH
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:08 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
MOZ003-006-007-010-011-012-091600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1004 AM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI... AT 10 AM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE QUINCY ILLINOIS AREA. STORM MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. NO SEVERE REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER CENTRAL AND EAST MISSOURI...PLUS WESTERN ILLINOIS. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 2 PM. IF ANY OF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...MOVE TO SHELTER. GOETSCH
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:12 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
MOZALL-0911600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1015 AM CDT THU JUL 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1015 AM A BROAD BAND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTES ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN A NARROW LINE THAT STRETCHED FROM JUST EAST OF CHILLICOTHE...TO THE QUINCY/HANNIBAL AREA IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE INTENSITY OF THE STORMS HAS DIMINISHED...AND NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 830 AM THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN MLISSOURI REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...AND RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PERLOW
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 10:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Brown | 33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.