Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1995, 9:55 PM CDT for Perry County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1995, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1995, 10:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Perry County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 797 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 899 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSTL 290255 RRA SVRSTL ILC145-290345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 955 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...PERRY COUNTY AT 954 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PERRY COUNTY ILLINOIS...ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF PINCKNEYVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOW SIGNS OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND. THEY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES OF CONANT...PYATTS...DU QUOIN AND THE CITY OF PINCKNEYVILLE BY 1030 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SHEA/GLASS
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 28, 6:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
ILZ060-290000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 600 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY... AT 600 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM EXTENDING FROM NEAR LITCHFIELD TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF LITCHFIELD. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNTIES OF LITCHFIELD...WALSHVILLE...AND HILLSBORO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY (HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WITH THIS STORM. GLASS
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
MOZ065-075-ILZ064-066-065-059-100-060-079-101-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 720 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE SOUTH AND EAST OF DOWNTOWN ST LOUIS... AT 715 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF BELLEVILLE IN ST.CLAIR COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. THIS STORM IS PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF ST LOUIS TO JUST NORTH OF EFFINGHAM ILLINOIS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR ARNOLD IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... ACROSS EASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND OVER EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. ALL THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. IF STORMS MOVE ACROSS YOUR AREA...STAY INDOORS. PEOPLE WITH OUTDOOR EVENING PLANS SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER WHEN THUNDER IS HEARD. SHEA/GLASS
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
MOZ065-075-ILZ064-066-065-059-100-060-079-101-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 720 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE SOUTH AND EAST OF DOWNTOWN ST LOUIS... AT 715 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF BELLEVILLE IN ST.CLAIR COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. THIS STORM IS PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF ST LOUIS TO JUST NORTH OF EFFINGHAM ILLINOIS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR ARNOLD IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... ACROSS EASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND OVER EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. ALL THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. IF STORMS MOVE ACROSS YOUR AREA...STAY INDOORS. PEOPLE WITH OUTDOOR EVENING PLANS SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER WHEN THUNDER IS HEARD. SHEA/GLASS
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
MOZ065-075-074-073-ILZ064-069-066-065-058-100-102-060-079-101-049- 290145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 754 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PUSH THROUGH THE BI-STATE REGION... AT 750 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MONROE COUNTY ILLINOIS...FROM COLUMBIA TO WATERLOO AND BACK TOWARDS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. OTHER STORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY MISSOURI AND INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS... BETWEEN ST LOUIS AND EFFINGHAM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN STE GENEVIEVE DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR. AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS EASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED. STAY INDOORS AND LISTEN FOR LATER WEATHER STATEMENTS UNTIL STORMS MOVE OUT OF YOUR AREA. SHEA
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
MOZ065-075-074-073-ILZ064-069-066-065-058-100-102-060-079-101-049- 290145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 754 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PUSH THROUGH THE BI-STATE REGION... AT 750 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MONROE COUNTY ILLINOIS...FROM COLUMBIA TO WATERLOO AND BACK TOWARDS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. OTHER STORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY MISSOURI AND INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS... BETWEEN ST LOUIS AND EFFINGHAM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN STE GENEVIEVE DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR. AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS EASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED. STAY INDOORS AND LISTEN FOR LATER WEATHER STATEMENTS UNTIL STORMS MOVE OUT OF YOUR AREA. SHEA
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 8:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
MOZ065-075-074-073-ILZ064-069-066-065-102-079-101-074-290230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 845 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN SOUTH AND EAST OF ST LOUIS... AT 842 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR EFFINGHAM SOUTHWEST THROUGH MONROE COUNTY ILLINOIS AND BACK INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER MONROE COUNTY ILLINOIS AND ACROSS SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN MISSOURI. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS STILL VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY EAST. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WIND CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. THESE TYPES OF THUNDERSTORMS OFTEN PRODUCE LOW HANGING CLOUDS THAT MOVE QUICKLY DUE TO THE TURBULENT NATURE OF THUNDERSTORM WINDS. EVEN SO...THE GUSTY WIND IN AREAS OF RAIN MAY BREAK TREE LIMBS AND BLOW DEBRIS AROUND. THE BEST ACTION TO TAKE WHEN STORMS APPROACH IS TO STAY INSIDE. ANYONE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER. IF THUNDER IS HEARD...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO GET STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES UNTIL STORMS DISSIPATE LATER THIS EVENING. SHEA
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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.