Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 1, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1993, 5:41 PM CDT for Bond County, Madison County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1993, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1993, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bond County, IL, Madison County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jefferson Prvg G, IN (KMDN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 370 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
- 555 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 082242 TORSTL ILC005-119-082330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 541 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...BOND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS ...EASTERN MADISON COUNTY AT 533 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST TO 25 EAST OF ST LOUIS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. PUBLIC HAS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR MARINE ILLINOIS AT 530 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH ORP PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 8, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
MOZ010-011-014-017-082200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 258 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 AT 255 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER MARIES COUNTY AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HEAVY RAIN STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WITH SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS PIKE LINCOLN AND WARREN COUNTIES BETWEEN 3 AND 330 PM THIS AFTERNOON. RADAR INDICATED THAT ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM THESE STORMS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM. WORK &
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-011-013-014-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 300 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD IN SOUTHEAST PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM... AT 300 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE FROM 45 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA...AROUND MONTGOMERY CITY...TO 30 MILES SUTHWEST OF ROLLA... AROUND FT. LEONARD WOOD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER WAYNESVILLE...OWENSVILLE AND HERMANN BETWEEN 3 AND 330PM. THE HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING OR CAUSE SOME SMALL STREAMS TO RISE QUICKLY. STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS REPORTED. LARM
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-011-013-014-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 300 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD IN SOUTHEAST PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM... AT 300 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE FROM 45 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA...AROUND MONTGOMERY CITY...TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROLLA... AROUND FT. LEONARD WOOD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER WAYNESVILLE...OWENSVILLE AND HERMANN BETWEEN 3 AND 330PM. THE HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING OR CAUSE SOME SMALL STREAMS TO RISE QUICKLY. STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS REPORTED. LARM
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:00 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-011-013-014-082300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 500 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM... AT 500 PM...A FEW MODERATE SHOWERS PERSISTED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW LIGHT SPRINKLES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...IT WAS RELATIVELY QUIET ACROSS MID MISSOURI. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...AND REDEVELOPMENT OF STRONG STORMS IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE REGION WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERLOW
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:08 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-011-013-014-082300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 500 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM... AT 500 PM...A FEW MODERATE SHOWERS PERSISTED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW LIGHT SPRINKLES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...IT WAS RELATIVELY QUIET ACROSS MID MISSOURI. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...AND REDEVELOPMENT OF STRONG STORMS IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE REGION WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERLOW
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 minute before
MOZALL-090001- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 540 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THREE QUARTERS OF MISSOURI AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 11 PM CDT... THREE TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN PLACE FOR MOST OF MISSOURI. HOWEVER THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ANTICIPATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LATER THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. AT 530 PM A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED NEAR KANSAS CITY AND ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE FORMING FROM SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS TO WEST PLAINS. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER NEARLY THE WHOLE STATE. PERSONS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS IS AN UNUSUALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. EXPLOSIVE THUNDER- STORM DEVELOPMENT COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION. PEDIGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.