Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 9:39 PM CDT for Brown County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1995, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1995, 10:23 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brown County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 2411 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 220242 RRA SVRSTL ILC009-220330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 939 PM CDT WED JUN 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...BROWN COUNTY AT 938 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS DETECTING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE SCHUYLER BROWN COUNTY LINE...ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MT STERLING. THE STORM WAS MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL BE EFFECTING THE TOWNS OF RIPLEY...MT STERLING AND BUCKHORN BETWEEN 940 AND 1015 PM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK INSIDE SHELTER NOW! GKS/TRUETT
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 21, 7:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
ILZ060-220100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 716 PM CDT WED JUN 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY... AT 715 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF HILLSBORO...AND WERE MOVING WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED SOME SINCE 7 PM...BUT ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS MONTGOMERY COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OF THESE STORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM. TRUETT
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:39 PM CDT, 1 hour before
ILZ075-080-079-074-220245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 839 PM CDT WED JUN 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... AT 835 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS DETECTING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF MT VERNON TO NEAR PINCKNEYVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN JEFFERSON...PERRY...WASHINGTON...AND WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES FROM 845 TO 945 PM. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF PINCKNEYVILLE...SPARTA...AND NASHVILLE CAN EXPECT 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA AS STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO INTENSIFY AND POSSIBLY BECOME SEVERE...CONTAINING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GKS/TRUETT
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:41 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
ILZ075-080-079-074-220245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 839 PM CDT WED JUN 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... AT 835 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS DETECTING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF MT VERNON TO NEAR PINCKNEYVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN JEFFERSON...PERRY...WASHINGTON...AND WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES FROM 845 TO 945 PM. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF PINCKNEYVILLE...SPARTA...AND NASHVILLE CAN EXPECT 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA AS STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO INTENSIFY AND POSSIBLY BECOME SEVERE...CONTAINING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. CONTINUE TO LISTENv TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GKS/TRUETT
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 9:23 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
MOZ076-075-ILZ102-079-101-074-220330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 922 PM CDT WED JUN 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND INTO PARTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI... AT 915 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM NEAR NASHVILLE ILLINOIS TO NEAR PERRYVILLE MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE 30 TO 50 MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF ST LOUIS. THE STORMS CONTINUED MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. THEY WILL BE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHERN ST CLAIR...MONROE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES IN ILLIINOIS...AND PERRY AND STE GENEVIEVE COUNTIES IN MISSOURI BETWEEN 915 AND 1015 PM. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAINS...PEA SIZE HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THIS AREA AS SOME OF THESE STORMS MAYD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO INTENSIFY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GKS/TRUETT
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 9:30 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
ILZ096-049-220330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 930 PM CDT WED JUN 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 925 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS DETECTING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 45 TO 50 MILES TO THE EAST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL BE ENTERING PARTS OF SCOTT AND BROWN COUNTIES BETWEEN 930 TO 1015 PM. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF MT STERLING AND WINCHESTER SHOULD BE ALERT TO STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 10 PM. THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS TO INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GKS/TRUETT
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 9:32 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
ILZ096-049-220330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 930 PM CDT WED JUN 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 925 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS DETECTING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 45 TO 50 MILES TO THE EAST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL BE ENTERING PARTS OF SCOTT AND BROWN COUNTIES BETWEEN 930 TO 1015 PM. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF MT STERLING AND WINCHESTER SHOULD BE ALERT TO STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 10 PM. THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS TO INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEME`NTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GKS/TRUETT
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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.