Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1995, 12:28 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1995, 12:28 PM CDT (17:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1995, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 221729 RRA SVRSTL ILC135-221815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1228 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT 1228 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHWEST MONTGOMERY COUNTY NEAR NORTHEAST OF LIVINGSTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE HILLSBORO...LITCHFIELD AND COFFEN AREAS BY 115 PM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK INSIDE SHELTER NOW! DLF/DM
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, 10:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 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, 2 hours 8 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, 11:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
MOZ061-063-064-221700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1115 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA... AT 1115 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WESTERN ST CHARLES TO WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY NEAR HILLSBORO. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH ST LOUIS COUNTY AND ST LOUIS CITY BETWEEN 1120 AM AND 1140 AM THIS SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND BLINDING RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. WDB
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 11:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
MOZ061-063-064-221700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1115 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA... AT 1115 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WESTERN ST CHARLES TO WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY NEAR HILLSBORO. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH ST LOUIS COUNTY AND ST LOUIS CITY BETWEEN 1120 AM AND 1140 AM THIS SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY W$INDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND BLINDING RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. WDB
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 12:14 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
MOZ052-061-063-064-ILZ100-221815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1214 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 1210 PM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER ST CHARLES COUNTY BETWEEN OFALLON AND PORTAGE DES SIOUX. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE ST CHARLES...FLORRISANT AND ALTON ILLINOIS AREAS BY 1 PM. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP 40 MPH WITH THIS STORM. DLF/DM
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 12:16 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
MOZ052-061-063-064-ILZ100-221815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1214 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 1210 PM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER ST CHARLES COUNTY BETWEEN OFALLON AND PORTAGE DES SIOUX. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE ST CHARLES...FLORRISANT AND ALTON ILLINOIS AREAS BY 1 PM. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP 40 MPH WITH THIS STORM. DLF/DM
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 10:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 45 min |
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.