Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1995, 5:39 PM CDT for Brown County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1995, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brown County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 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 102241 RRA SVRSTL ILC009-102330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 539 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...BROWN COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST BROWN COUNTY ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MT STERLING MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE STORM WILL ALSO MOVE THROUGH RIPLEY BY 615 PM. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Apr 10, 2:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 200 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #173 FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #173 WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL IN THE OFFING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALSO...THERE IS STILL THE THREAT OF MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION...RADIO STATION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. METZE
Local storm report, Apr 10, 2:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
235 PM CST MON APRIL 10 1995
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1035 AM JEFFERSON CITY MO MAN INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY
04/10/95 COLE LIGHTNING IN HOME.
LIGHTNING APPARENTLY STRUCK CHIMNEY OF THE FIREPLACE HE WAS STANDING
BY.
1127 AM PARIS MO POWER OUT...LIGHTING STRIKE
04/10/95 MONROE SHERIFF OFFICE
1130 AM MEXICO MO 3/4 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 AUDRAIN REPORTED BY CO.SHERIFF
1230 AM 5 EAST BARRY IL 1/4 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 PIKE REPORTED BY SHERIFF
JPKSpecial weather statement, Apr 10, 2:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
MOZ055-056-102050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 245 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY... AT 244PM A 10 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEDALIA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF SEDLIA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VERSAILLES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. THESE STORMS PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVED THROUGH BENTON COUNTY. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE STOVER...FLORENCE...AND SYRACUSE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. REAUGH
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 2:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
MOZ055-056-102050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 245 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY... AT 244PM A 10 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEDALIA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF SEDLIA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VERSAILLES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. THESE STORMS PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVED THROUGH BENTON COUNTY. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE STOVER...FLORENCE...AND SYRACUSE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. REAUGH
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:24 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
MOZ042-050-048-047-102330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 524 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST BOONE COUNTY BY 530 PM. THIS STORM PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED 1 INCH TO 1 3/4 INCH HAIL IN MONITEAU COUNTY AROUND 500 PM...HOWEVER THE STORM HAS WEAKENED THE PAST 15 MINUTES. THE TOWN OF MCBAINE CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL BY 535 PM. ANOTHER STORM WAS OVER SOUTH BOONE COUNTY. THIS STORM PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL IN HARTSBURG AT 520 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. &
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:26 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
MOZ042-050-048-047-102330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 524 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST BOONE COUNTY BY 530 PM. THIS STORM PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED 1 INCH TO 1 3/4 INCH HAIL IN MONITEAU COUNTY AROUND 500 PM...HOWEVER THE STORM HAS WEAKENED THE PAST 15 MINUTES. THE TOWN OF MCBAINE CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAI6N...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL BY 535 PM. ANOTHER STORM WAS OVER SOUTH BOONE COUNTY. THIS STORM PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL IN HARTSBURG AT 520 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 41 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.