Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1993, 4:43 PM CDT for Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1993, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1993, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 342 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 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 132144 SVRSTL ILC149-132230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 443 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...PIKE COUNTY AT 440 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN PIKE COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HANNIBAL. RADAR INDICATED THAT WINDS WITH THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGE IN THE COMMUNITIES OF BARRY...ROCKPORT AND PITTSFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A S4TRONG 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. SHEA/RP
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 13, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
MOZALL-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 335 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 10 PM CDT. SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ST LOUIS...HANNIBAL...COLUMBIA AND SPRINGFIELD. AT 330 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THE LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF SEVERE WEATHER MOVES INTO YOUR AREA. FERRY
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
MOZALL-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 335 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 10 PM CDT. SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ST LOUIS...HANNIBAL...COLUMBIA AND SPRINGFIELD. AT 330 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THE LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF SEVERE WEATHER MOVES INTO YOUR AREA. FERRY
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:55 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
MOZ010-011-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 355 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM... AT 350 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL WERE MOVING THROUGH THE COLUMBIA AREA FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST PART OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTH PARTS OF COLUMBIA WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUST NEAR 45 MPH WERE REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS IN THE HEART OF COLUMBIA. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THESE STRONGEST STORMS PASS. THEY WILL BE MOVING OVER FULTON AND JEFFERSON CITY AREAS BETWEEN 4 AND 430 PM. RAIN AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AFTER THESE HEAVIER STORMS. EXPECT OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WIND. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR UPDATES AOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LARM
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:57 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
MOZ010-011-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 355 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM... AT 350 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL WERE MOVING THROUGH THE COLUMBIA AREA FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST PART OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTH PARTS OF COLUMBIA WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUST NEAR 45 MPH WERE REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS IN THE HEART OF COLUMBIA. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THESE STRONGEST STORMS PASS. THEY WILL BE MOVING OVER FULTON AND JEFFERSON CITY AREAS BETWEEN 4 AND 430 PM. RAIN AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AFTER THESE HEAVIER STORMS. EXPECT OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WIND. STAY TUNED TO WEADTHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR UPDATES AOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LARM
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:40 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
MOZ007-011-132245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 440 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 435 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING OUT OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AND INTO PIKE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES OF EASTERN MISSOURI...ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS. AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST THEY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU LIVE IN LINCOLN OR PIKE COUNTIES IN EASTERN MISSOURI...BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WIND. WHEN STORMS APPROACH...TAKE COVER AT ONCE. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SHEA
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:41 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
MOZ007-011-132245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 440 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 435 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING OUT OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AND INTO PIKE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES OF EASTERN MISSOURI...ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS. AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST THEY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU LIVE IN LINCOLN OR PIKE COUNTIES IN EASTERN MISSOURI...BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WIND. WHEN STORMS APPROACH...TAKE COVER AT ONCE. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND 2POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SHEA
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.