Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1994, 6:17 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Marion County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 1994, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jefferson County, IL, Marion County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 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 282319 RRA SVRSTL ILC081-121-290000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 617 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY AT 615 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF CENTRALIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OR PRODUCING STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAIN. AT 613 PM...POWER LINES WERE KNOCKED DOWN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY ILLINOIS...IN HOYLETON. THIS STORM WILL TRACK NEAR CENTRALIA BY 630 PM...AND INTO THE COMMUNITIES OF BOYD AND WALNUT HILL SHORTLY AFTER THAT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. SHEA &
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, Aug 28, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
MOZ065-063-064-ILZ058-100-102-101-290000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 452 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE METRO AREA... AT 448 PM...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ST LOUIS COUNTY...JUST ENTERING THE NORTHERN LIMITS OF THE CITY OF ST LOUIS. THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR AT LAMBERT FIELD ALONG WITH LOWERED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS ACROSS ST LOUIS COUNTY TO NEAR THE ROLLA AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FROM THESE STORMS WILL MOVE JUST NORTH AND JUST SOUTH OF ST LOUIS CITY BETWEEN 500 AND 530 PM. THE THREAT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL THEN SHIFT TO COMMUNITIES EAST AND SOUTH OF ST LOUIS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS WHEN STORMS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER. LIGHTNING IS AN UNDERRATED KILLER SO STAY AWAY FROM TREES OR HIGH OBJECTS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SHEA
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 4:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
MOZ065-063-064-ILZ058-100-102-101-290000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 452 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE METRO AREA... AT 448 PM...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ST LOUIS COUNTY...JUST ENTERING THE NORTHERN LIMITS OF THE CITY OF ST LOUIS. THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR AT LAMBERT FIELD ALONG WITH LOWERED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS ACROSS ST LOUIS COUNTY TO NEAR THE ROLLA AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FROM THESE STORMS WILL MOVE JUST NORTH AND JUST SOUTH OF ST LOUIS CITY BETWEEN 500 AND 530 PM. THE THREAT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL THEN SHIFT TO COMMUNITIES EAST AND SOUTH OF ST LOUIS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS WHEN STORMS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER. LIGHTNING IS AN UNDERRATED KILLER SO STAY AW4AY FROM TREES OR HIGH OBJECTS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SHEA
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 5:34 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
ILZ069-100-102-101-074-290030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 534 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO ROLL THROUGH SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... AT 530 PM...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR LEBANON...IN NORTHEAST ST CLAIR COUNTY ILLINOIS. THIS STORM PRODUCED STRONG WIND GUSTS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WHEN IT MOVED THROUGH O'FALLON SHORTLY AFTER 500 PM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO THE COMMUNITIES OF TRENTON AND GERMANTOWN BY 600 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO JUST SOUTH OF ST LOUIS. THESE MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND. FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH OUTDOOR PLANS...BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. ALONG WITH GUSTY WIND AND HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ANOTHER DANGEROUS THREAT. SHEA
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 5:36 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
ILZ069-100-102-101-074-290030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 534 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO ROLL THROUGH SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... AT 530 PM...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR LEBANON...IN NORTHEAST ST CLAIR COUNTY ILLINOIS. THIS STORM PRODUCED STRONG WIND GUSTS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WHEN IT MOVED THROUGH O'FALLON SHORTLY AFTER 500 PM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO THE COMMUNITIES OF TRENTON AND GERMANTOWN BY 600 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO JUST SOUTH OF ST LOUIS. THESE MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND. FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH OU|TDOOR PLANS...BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. ALONG WITH GUSTY WIND AND HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ANOTHER DANGEROUS THREAT. SHEA
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 5:49 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
ILZ066-065-075-070-290045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 549 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1000 PM... AT 545 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THE EFFINGHAM AREA BACK TO SOUTH OF ST LOUIS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS JUST WEST OF EFFINGHAM. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS REMAIN RIGHT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS SO TAKE SHELTER WHEN STORMS APPROACH. SHEA
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 5:51 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
ILZ066-065-075-070-290045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 549 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1000 PM... AT 545 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THE EFFINGHAM AREA BACK TO SOUTH OF ST LOUIS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS JUST WEST OF EFFINGHAM. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS REMAIN RIGHT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS SO TAKE SHELTER WHEN STORMS APPROACH. SHEA
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton | 49 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.