Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 4:26 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1992, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1992, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1435 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 142126 SVRSTL ILC081-142215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 426 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 422 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BY NWS DOPPLER RADAR OVER EASTERN PERRRY COUNTY ILLINOIS...NEAR TAMAROA...ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. LOUIS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 30 TO 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREAS BY WALTONVILLE...MT. VERNON ...AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF REND LAKE. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS lARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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 14, 1:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
ILZ013-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 158 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...PLUS PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 150 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BY NWS DOPPLER RADAR IN RANDOLPH COUNTY...SOUTH OF SPARTA. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND CLINTON COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. STRONG STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN MARION COUNTY...PERRY...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS BY 215 PM. THE TOWNS OF WINKLE AND SWANWICK ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. AT 155 PM...WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH WERE REPORTED FROM A WEATHER SPOTTER OVER EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY...SOUTH OF SPARTA. IF THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA...MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. GOETSCH
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-013-014- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 215 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GASCONADE COUNTY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 210 PM CDT WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUED TO MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS WILL BE THE SITUATION THE REST OF THE AFTENOON. TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL NOT LIKELY CLIMB INTO THE MID 80S AGAIN...WE RECORDED A MORNING HIGH OF 82 DEGREES IN COLUMBIA. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-013-014-142030 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 215 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GASCONADE COUNTY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 210 PM CDT WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUED TO MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS WILL BE THE SITUATION THE REST OF THE AFTENOON. TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL NOT LIKELY CLIMB INTO THE MID 80S AGAIN...WE RECORDED A MORNING HIGH OF 82 DEGREES IN COLUMBIA. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
MOZ018-142045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 241 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 235 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM EXTREME NORTHERN STE GENEVIEVE COUNTY THROUGH ST.FRANCOIS COUNTY...ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF ST LOUIS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FARMINGTON AND FRENCH VILLAGE AREAS BY 300 PM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS. SHEA/VA
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
ILZ011-012-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 258 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 256 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM DIX TO NASON...JUST WEST OF MOUNT VERNON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON BY 300 PM. MOVE INDOORS IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. SHEA
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:42 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
MOZ012-017-018-ILZ011-012-013-142145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 343 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TIL 800 PM CDT... AT 340 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EASTERN PERRY COUNTY MISSOURI..ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITY OF CHESTER ILLINOIS AND THE TOWN OF SHILOH HILL BETWEEN 345 AND 400 PM CDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL ALSO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY ILLINOIS AND THE TOWNS OF DU QUOIN ILLINOIS BETWEEN 415 AND 435 PM THIS AFTERNOON. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN PERRY COUNTY ILLINOIS.. ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF CAPE GIRARDEAU. THE THUNDER>STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Perry | 51 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.