Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 1:59 AM CDT for Madison County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1995, 1:59 AM CDT (06:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1995, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 100705 RRA SVRSTL ILC119-100800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 159 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS ...MADISON COUNTY AT 2 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO MADISON COUNTY ILLINOIS. TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE COLLINSVILLE...GRANITE CITY AND EDWARDSVILLE ILLINOIS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 10, 1:21 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
MOZ055-069-068-058-057-056-070-100730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 121 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT... AT 115 AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO AFFECT MOST OF THE SOUTH PART OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE REGION. OTHER SCATTERED STRONGER STORMS HOWEVER WERE APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND MAY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN HICKORY...CAMDEN...AND PULASKI COUNTIES BETWEEN 130 AM AND 3 AM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MAY ALSO REACH THE SOUTH PART OF CENTRAL MISSOURI LATER TONIGHT. FLOODING OF SEVERAL LOW BRIDGES HAD ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN HICKORY COUNTY. URBAN FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN DIXON IN HICKORY COUNTY. ANY MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL TRIGGER FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN EARLIER TONIGHT. ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE STRONGEST STORMS STILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IF YOU LIVE IN LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. IF YOU ARE DRIVING...SLOW DOWN IN HEAVY RAIN SINCE FLOODED ROADS WILL BE DIFFICULT T0 SEE AT NIGHT. STRONG WINDS IN THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. KENNEDY
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 1:27 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
MOZ065-100730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 126 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 AT 125 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS JEFFDERSON COUNTY MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 1:27 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
MOZ055-069-068-058-057-056-070-100730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 121 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT... AT 115 AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO AFFECT MOST OF THE SOUTH PART OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE REGION. OTHER SCATTERED STRONGER STORMS HOWEVER WERE APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND MAY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN HICKORY...CAMDEN...AND PULASKI COUNTIES BETWEEN 130 AM AND 3 AM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MAY ALSO REACH THE SOUTH PART OF CENTRAL MISSOURI LATER TONIGHT. FLOODING OF SEVERAL LOW BRIDGES HAD ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN HICKORY COUNTY. URBAN FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN DIXON IN HICKORY COUNTY ANY MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL TRIGGER FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN EARLIER TONIGHT. ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE STRONGEST STORMS STILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IF YOU LIVE IN LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. IF YOU ARE DRIVING...SLOW DOWN IN HBEAVY RAIN SINCE FLOODED ROADS WILL BE DIFFICULT T0 SEE AT NIGHT. STRONG WINDS IN THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. KENNEDY
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 1:35 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
MOZ055-069-068-058-057-056-070-100730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 121 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT... AT 115 AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO AFFECT MOST OF THE SOUTH PART OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE REGION. OTHER SCATTERED STRONGER STORMS HOWEVER WERE APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND MAY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN HICKORY...CAMDEN...AND PULASKI COUNTIES BETWEEN 130 AM AND 3 AM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MAY ALSO REACH THE SOUTH PART OF CENTRAL MISSOURI LATER TONIGHT. FLOODING OF SEVERAL LOW BRIDGES HAD ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN HICKORY COUNTY. URBAN FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN DIXON IN HICKORY COUNTY. ANY MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL TRIGGER FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN EARLIER TONIGHT. ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE STRONGEST STORMS STILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IF YOU LIVE IN LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. IF YOU ARE DRIVING...SLO\W DOWN IN HEAVY RAIN SINCE FLOODED ROADS WILL BE DIFFICULT T0 SEE AT NIGHT. STRONG WINDS IN THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. KENNEDY
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 1:52 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
MOZ073-100800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 152 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 AT 150 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED OUT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY MISSOURI AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT AT THIS TIME. NDS AND SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 1:55 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
MOZ073-100800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 152 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 AT 150 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED OUT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY MISSOURI AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.