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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 7, 1995Perry County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 3:41 PM CDT for Perry County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 239 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1189 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 072044 RRA
SVRSTL
ILC145-072115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
341 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY
 
AT 338 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST
PERRY COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAS4T AT 35 MPH. THE STORM WAS
LOCATED BETWEEN PICKNEYVILLE AND CUTLER.
 
PYATTS AND PYRAMID STATE PARK CAN EXPECT THIS STORM BY 345...
DU QUOIN 350 PM.
 
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
JPK

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, 10:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-ILZ095>102-072300-

MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1030 AM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH
HALF OF MISSOURI FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND A SLIGHT RISK
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF.

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF
THE LATEST FORECAST FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:38 AM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-ILZ095>102-072300-

MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1030 AM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH
HALF OF MISSOURI FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND A SLIGHT RISK
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF.

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF
THE LATEST FORECAST FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:56 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
MOZ042-041-050-048-047-034-026-071800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1056 AM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI...

AT 1050 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST OF SEDALIA TO JUST WEST OF MOBERLY OR ABOUT
40 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA.   THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

THE STORMS SHOULD BE LOCATED FROM NEAR COLUMBIA THROUGH CENTRALIA TO
NEAR PARIS BY 1130 AM AND IN THE MEXICO AREA BY NOON.

STRONG WIND...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND HAIL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...
...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 2 PM CDT.

DLF/TS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
MOZ042-041-050-048-047-034-026-071800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1056 AM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI...

AT 1050 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST OF SEDALIA TO JUST WEST OF MOBERLY OR ABOUT
40 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA.   THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

THE STORMS SHOULD BE LOCATED FROM NEAR COLUMBIA THROUGH CENTRALIA TO
NEAR PARIS BY 1130 AM AND IN THE MEXICO AREA BY NOON.

STRONG WIND...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND HAIL ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFDECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...
...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 2 PM CDT.

DLF/TS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
MOZ042-041-050-048-047-034-026-071900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
100 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 562 FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI WAS CANCELLED AT 1 PM.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED
EAST OF THE WATCH AREA.

HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 563 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 7 PM CDT.

SDT
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
MOZ042-041-050-048-047-034-026-071900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
100 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 562 FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI WAS CANCELLED AT 1 PM.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED
EAST OF THE WATCH AREA.

HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 563 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 7 PM CDT.

SDT

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Randolph57 min
Jun 7, 3:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXRandolph29 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.