Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1994, 1:56 PM CDT for Adams County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1994, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1994, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adams County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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 390 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
- 1510 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 121857 SVRSTL ILC001-121945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 156 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 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 WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY AT 155 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST ADAMS COUNTY...NEAR MEYER...WHICH IS ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUINCY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF LIMA AND BIGNECK. 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.
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 12, 11:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
MOZ008>010-017>019-025>027-033>036-041-042-048>052-059>065-ILZ098>102- 121745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1141 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 1140 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM THE MISSOURI-IOWA BORDER...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF KIRKSVILLE...TO ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF KIRKSVILLE. THESE STORMS CONTINUED TO PUSH SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD BE ARRIVING IN THE KIRKSVILLE AREA BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM. GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR...SOME SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS PASSAGE. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI TO INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...ARE URGED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY...AND LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. TRUETT
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 11:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
MOZ008>010-017>019-025>027-033>036-041-042-048>052-059>065-ILZ098>102- 121745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1141 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 1140 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM THE MISSOURI-IOWA BORDER...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF KIRKSVILLE...TO ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF KIRKSVILLE. THESE STORMS CONTINUED TO PUSH SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD BE ARRIVING IN THE KIRKSVILLE AREA BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM. GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR...SOME SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS PASSAGE. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI TO INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...ARE URGED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY...AND LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. TRUETT
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
MOZ008>010-017>019-025>027-033>036-041-042-048>052-059>065-ILZ098>102- 121930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1226 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... AT 1225 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI...FROM NEAR KIRKSVILLE TO ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE. THE LATEST WEATHER DATA SUGGESTS THAT THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. TRUETT
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
MOZ008>010-017>019-025>027-033>036-041-042-048>052-059>065-ILZ098>102- 121930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1226 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... AT 1225 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI...FROM NEAR KIRKSVILLE TO ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE. THE LATEST WEATHER DATA SUGGESTS THAT THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. TRUETT
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
MOZ024-025-032-033-039>042-045>051-055>059-068>070-121835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 1233 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 700 PM... AT 1230 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTH SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM NEAR KIRKSVILLE TO 30 MILES NORTH OF MARSHALL AROUND SUMNER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTH-EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. A FEW COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 130 PM THIS AFTERNOON INCLUDE BYNUMVILLE...MARCELINE...MACON AND LAPLATA. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. LA GREE
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
MOZ024-025-032-033-039>042-045>051-055>059-068>070-121835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 1233 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 700 PM... AT 1230 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTH SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM NEAR KIRKSVILLE TO 30 MILES NORTH OF MARSHALL AROUND SUMNER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTH-EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. A FEW COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 130 PM THIS AFTERNOON INCLUDE BYNUMVILLE...MARCELINE...MACON AND LAPLATA. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DR4IVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. LA GREE
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Scott | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Scott | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.