Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1994, 6:46 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1994, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1994, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 122347 SVRSTL ILC051-130030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 646 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 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 ...FAYETTE COUNTY AT 645 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR VANDALIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE WRIGHT CORNERS AND ST. ELMO AREAS BETWEEN 700 AND 730 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONE|S OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. ST/EHG
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, 6:11 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
ILZ066-130015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 611 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OVER NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY ILLINOIS... AT 605 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SHELBYVILLE TO RAMSEY...25 MILES WEST OF EFFINGHAM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS SHOULD REACH THE MOCCASIN AND ALTAMONT AREAS BY 625 PM AND EFFINGHAM BY 645 PM. MOVE TO SHELTER IF THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR APPROACHING STORMS. GOETSCH
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:12 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
ILZ066-130015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 611 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OVER NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY ILLINOIS... AT 605 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SHELBYVILLE TO RAMSEY...25 MILES WEST OF EFFINGHAM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS SHOULD REACH THE MOCCASIN AND ALTAMONT AREAS BY 625 PM AND EFFINGHAM BY 645 PM. MOVE TO SHELTER IF THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND REMAIN ALERT FO6R APPROACHING STORMS. GOETSCH
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:34 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
ILZ064-066-065-130030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 634 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 635 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EXTENDING FROM NEAR EFFINGHAM...TO NEAR VANDALIA...TO JUST NORTH OF GREENVILLE...ALONG INTERSTATE 70. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS OVER EFFINGHAM...FAYETTE...AND BOND COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN 635 AND 700 PM. IF THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA...MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. EHG/ST
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:37 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
MOZ008>010-017>019-026-027-034>036-052-060>065-071>076-083>085- 099-ILZ049-058-064>066-069-070-074-075-079-080-095>102-130040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 637 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI INCLUDING THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ANY COUNTIES IN MISSOURI. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ST LOUIS AREA THIS EVENING HOWEVER THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS TO HAVE MOVED EAST INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS. BOND CLINTON WASHINGTON FAYETTE MARION EFFINGHAM PEOPLE LIVING IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. GLASS
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:37 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
MOZ008>010-017>019-026-027-034>036-052-060>065-071>076-083>085- 099-ILZ049-058-064>066-069-070-074-075-079-080-095>102-130040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 637 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI INCLUDING THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ANY COUNTIES IN MISSOURI. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ST LOUIS AREA THIS EVENING HOWEVER THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS TO HAVE MOVED EAST INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS. BOND CLINTON WASHINGTON FAYETTE MARION EFFINGHAM PEOPLE LIVING IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. GLASS
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:38 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
MOZ008>010-017>019-026-027-034>036-052-060>065-071>076-083>085- 099-ILZ049-058-064>066-069-070-074-075-079-080-095>102-130040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 637 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI INCLUDING THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ANY COUNTIES IN MISSOURI. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ST LOUIS AREA THIS EVENING HOWEVER THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS TO HAVE MOVED EAST INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS. BOND CLINTON WASHINGTON FAYETTE MARION EFFINGHAM PEOPLE LIVING IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TpOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. GLASS
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, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 49 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 |
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.