Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 10:24 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 10:24 PM CDT (03:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 2805 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 160325 RRA SVRSTL ILC051-160415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1024 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...FAYETTE COUNTY AT 1025 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THE TOWNS OF BROWNSTOWN AND ST ELMO ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 65 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND DENADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PRZYBYLINSKI
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, Jul 15, 8:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
MOZ055-069-057-056-160215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 813 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 1995 AT 805 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM IN EASTERN MILLER COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF TUSCUMBIA. A SECOND STORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST BENTON COUNTY AND NORTHWEST CAMDEN AROUND THE COMMUNITY OF CLIMAX SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE FIRST STORM WILL AFFECT AREAS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF TUSCUMBIA AND ST. ELIZABETH. THE SECOND STORM WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITY OF LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS. OVER THE NEXT HOUR THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WHILE THE STORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH. TAKE SHELTER IF YOU SEE A STORM APPROACHING YOUR AREA. UTHLAUT
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 8:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
MOZ055-069-057-056-160215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 813 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 1995 AT 805 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM IN EASTERN MILLER COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF TUSCUMBIA. A SECOND STORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST BENTON COUNTY AND NORTHWEST CAMDEN AROUND THE COMMUNITY OF CLIMAX SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE FIRST STORM WILL AFFECT AREAS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF TUSCUMBIA AND ST. ELIZABETH. THE SECOND STORM WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITY OF LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS. OVER THE NEXT HOUR THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WHILE THE STORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH. TAKE SHELTER IF YOU SEE A STORM APPROACH ING YOUR AREA. UTHLAUT
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 9:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
MOZ057-056-160315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 909 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 1995 AT 905 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY OR JUST SOUTHEAST OF GRAVOIS MILLS. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT AREAS SOUTHWEST OF ELDON THROUGH 930 PM AND THE COMMUNITY OF ELDON BY 930 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER IF THIS STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA. UTHLAUT
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 9:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
MOZ057-056-160315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 909 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 1995 AT 905 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY OR JUST SOUTHEAST OF GRAVOIS MILLS. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT AREAS SOUTHWEST OF ELDON THROUGH 930 PM AND THE COMMUNITY OF ELDON BY 930 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER IF THIS STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA. UTHLAUT
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.