Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1994, 6:39 PM CDT for Marion County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1994, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1994, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 582 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 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 062343 SVRSTL ILC121-070030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 639 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...EASTERN MARION COUNTY AT 635 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE CLAY...MARION COUNTY LINE..JUST EAST OF THE TOWN OF OMEGA OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EFFINGHAM ILLINOIS. THE TOWN OF OMEGA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE SThORM HAS PASSED. PRZYBYLINSKI
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, Jun 6, 5:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
MOZ070-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 513 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 ...HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING ON PULASKI COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN MOVING ACROSS PULASKI COUNTY MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. AT 5PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AS MUCH AS THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE COUNTY TODAY. THE RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS...ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF PULASKI COUNTY. FLOODING IS A REAL POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. IF HIGH WATER IS OBSERVED...LEAVE THE AREA IMMEDIATELY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER THAT CROSSES A ROADWAY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNL 8PM FOR PULASKI COUNTY AND MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL MISSOURI. REAUGH
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
MOZ070-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORR FOR SPELLING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 513 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 ...HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING ON PULASKI COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN MOVING ACROSS PULASKI COUNTY MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. AT 5PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AS MUCH AS THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE COUNTY TODAY. THE RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS...ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF PULASKI COUNTY. FLOODING IS A REAL POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. IF HIGH WATER IS OBSERVED...LEAVE THE AREA IMMEDIATELY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER THAT CROSSES A ROADWAY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM FOR PULASKI COUNTY AND MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL MISSOURI. REAUGH
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
MOZ072-084-076-075-074-073-062330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 530 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURIL UNTIL 800 PM CDT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ACROSS NORTHERN IRON AND SOUTHERN ST FRANCIOS COUNTIES AT 520 PM CDT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN FARMINGTON AND LIBERTYVILLE AND SOUTH OF BISMARCK IN SOUTHERN ST. FRANCIOS COUNTY. THE TOWN OF COFFMAN IN SOUTHERN STE GENEVIEVE COUNTY IS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY MANY OF THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
MOZ072-084-076-075-074-073-062330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 530 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURIL UNTIL 800 PM CDT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ACROSS NORTHERN IRON AND SOUTHERN ST FRANCIOS COUNTIES AT 520 PM CDT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN FARMINGTON AND LIBERTYVILLE AND SOUTH OF BISMARCK IN SOUTHERN ST. FRANCIOS COUNTY. THE TOWN OF COFFMAN IN SOUTHERN STE GENEVIEVE COUNTY IS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY MANY OF THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:20 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
MOZ084-099-075-073-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 620 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 800 PM CDT. AT 615 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST REYNOLDS THROUGH NORTHERN IRON AND EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ST FRANCIOS COUNTIES. AT 615 PM CDT..THE BELLEVIEW COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED 1.65 INCH OF RAINFALL WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. THE TOWNS OF LESTERVILLE AND BELLEVIEW ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL STREAMS TO RISE AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT CROSS RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SLOWLY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. RP &
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:24 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
MOZ084-099-075-073-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 620 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 800 PM CDT. AT 615 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST REYNOLDS THROUGH NORTHERN IRON AND EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ST FRANCIOS COUNTIES. AT 615 PM CDT..THE BELLEVIEW COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED 1.65 INCH OF RAINFALL WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. THE TOWNS OF LESTERVILLE AND BELLEVIEW ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL STREAMS TO RISE AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT, CROSS RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SLOWLY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. RP &
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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.