Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1995, 10:48 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Illinois; Lincoln County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1995, 10:48 AM CDT (15:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1995, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calhoun County, IL, Lincoln County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 1272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 221550 RRA SVRSTL ILC013-MOC113-221630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1048 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS ...CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 1045 AM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY...ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF SILEX...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TOWNS OF ELSBERRY MISSOURI AND HARDIN ILLINOIS ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OFTEN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
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 22, 5:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-ILZ095>102-221600- MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 500 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF OF MISSOURI FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM QUINCY TO SPRINGFIELD AND BRANSON. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. PEDIGO
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 9:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
MOZ027-034-035-ILZ095-096-097-221515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 925 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995 AT 915 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY THROUGH THE QUNICY...HANNIBAL AREAS AND WEST TO 20 MILES WEST OF PARIS IN MONROE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF HANNIBAL... AND 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUNICY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES OF MT STERLING.... KINGSTON...KINDERHOOK IN ILLINOIS AND NEW LONDON AND MARK TWAIN STATE PARK BETWEEN 930 AND 945 AM CDT. PEOPLE OVER THESE AREAS SHOULD KEEP TUNE FOR LATERS STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 9:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
MOZ027-034-035-ILZ095-096-097-221515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 925 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995 AT 915 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY THROUGH THE QUNICY...HANNIBAL AREAS AND WEST TO 20 MILES WEST OF PARIS IN MONROE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF HANNIBAL... AND 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUNICY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES OF MT STERLING.... KINGSTON...KINDERHOOK IN ILLINOIS AND NEW LONDON AND MARK TWAIN STATE PARK BETWEEN 930 AND 945 AM CDT. PEOPLE OVER THESE AREAS SHOULD KEEP TUNE FOR LATERS STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 9:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
MOZ027-034-035-ILZ095-096-097-221515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 925 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995 AT 915 AM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY THROUGH THE QUNICY...HANNIBAL AREAS AND WEST TO 20 MILES WEST OF PARIS IN MONROE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF HANNIBAL... AND 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUNICY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES OF MT STERLING.... KINGSTON...KINDERHOOK IN ILLINOIS AND NEW LONDON AND MARK TWAIN STATE PARK BETWEEN 930 AND 945 AM CDT. PEOPLE OVER THESE AREAS SHOULD KEEP TUNE FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 10:15 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-ILZ095>102-221600- MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1015 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST OF MISSOURI FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE QUINCY TO ST. JOSEPH. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. BECHTOLD
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 10:20 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
MOZ001>115-KSZ102>105-ILZ095>102-221600- MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1015 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST OF MISSOURI FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE QUINCY TO ST. JOSEPH. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. BECHTOLD
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 45 min |
| Jul 22, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 9:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike, Ralls | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1995Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.