Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1994, 1:54 PM CDT for Clinton County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1994, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1994, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clinton County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 361 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 071859 SVRSTL ILC027-071945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 154 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...WESTERN CLINTON COUNTY AT 150 PM CDT..NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST CLINTON COUNTY...35 MILES EAST OF ST. LOUIS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGE WINDS AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF ST ROSE...TRENTON...GERMANTOWN BETWEEN 200 AND 215 PM CDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH. 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 STORM 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 7, 12:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011>016-020>024-028>032-037>040-043>047-053>057-066>069- 077>081-088>096-101>105-KSZ102>105-071845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1240 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 1230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR FALL CITY, NEBRASKA TO NEAR SALINA, KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTAIL OF PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS... LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS...AND YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY WHEN STORMS APPROACH. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. METZE
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 12:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011>016-020>024-028>032-037>040-043>047-053>057-066>069- 077>081-088>096-101>105-KSZ102>105-071845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1240 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 1230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR FALL CITY, NEBRASKA TO NEAR SALINA, KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTAIL OF PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS... LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS...AND YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY WHEN STORMS APPROACH. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. METZE
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:40 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
ILZ064-069-099>101-071940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 140 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 AT 135 PM CDT..NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHWEST CLINTON THROUGH EASTERN MADISON COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE TOWNS OF TRENTON AND GERMANTOWN BETWEEN 145 AND 200 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. PRZYBYLINSKI J& . gf6WWUS GBf6WWUS -40W TYS TIL 02Z CIGS 30-40...q6WWUSl Hx 6WWUSv e6WWUS 0E BNA TIL 02Z CV`WWUS AS V 3-5TRW.g WUUS qf6WWUSd `uMn6WWUSh C`WWUS\" _6WWUS XsF6WWUS& vz6WWUS< LXWOUS hDf6WWUS| \M=HWWJP ZF6WWUS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:44 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
ILZ064-069-099>101-071940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 140 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 AT 135 PM CDT..NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHWEST CLINTON THROUGH EASTERN MADISON COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE TOWNS OF TRENTON AND GERMANTOWN BETWEEN 145 AND 200 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BlRIEF GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. PRZYBYLINSKI
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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.