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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 7, 1993Saint Clair County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1993, 3:21 PM CDT for Saint Clair County, Illinois. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 1993, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1993, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Clair County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1993-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1291 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1993-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 7, 1:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
MOZALL-072000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
110 PM CDT WED JUL 7 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MUCH OF THE
   EASTERN HALF OF MISSOURI...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF MISSOURI AND PARTS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS.
THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COLUMBIA...ROLLA...JEFFERSON CITY...
HANNIBAL...QUINCY...AND THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA.

AT 108 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI.  THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

AS A REMINDER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDTIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PEOPLE ARE REMINDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.

PEOPLE LIVING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND OR WARNINGS.

GLASS
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-011-013-014-071930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
115 PM CDT WED JUL 7 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTROM WATCH COVERS MOST OF CENTRAL MISSOURI
UNTIL 7PM...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 115 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER
EAST AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER FROM THESE STORMS
SINCE SHORTLY PAST NOON.  MOST OF THE STORMS HAVE DIMINISHED AT THIS
TIME BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL A POSSIBILITY AND FLASH FLOODING
IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR
FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
LARM
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-011-013-014-071930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
115 PM CDT WED JUL 7 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTROM WATCH COVERS MOST OF CENTRAL MISSOURI
UNTIL 7PM...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 115 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER
EAST AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER FROM THESE STORMS
SINCE SHORTLY PAST NOON.  MOST OF THE STORMS HAVE DIMINISHED AT THIS
TIME BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL A POSSIBILITY AND FLASH FLOODING
IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR
FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
LARM
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:11 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 10:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin3 hr
Jul 7, 12:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCrawford4 hr
Jul 7, 9:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLincoln109 min
Jul 7, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin41 min
Jul 7, 2:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles5 hr
Jul 7, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson44 min
Jul 7, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton50 min
Jul 7, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion53 min
Jul 7, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993

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.