Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 9:54 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1995, 9:54 PM CDT (02:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 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 260258 RRA SVRSTL ILC135-260400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 954 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT 954 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE MACOUPIN/MONTGOMERY COUNTY LINE...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILLSBORO. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TOWNS OF WAGGONER...HARVEL...AND RAYMOND ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OFTEN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. FG/TJS
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
Local storm report, Jul 25, 4:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
400 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM 5SW KAHOKA MO TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
7/25/95 CLARK COUNTY REPORTED BY CO.SHERIFF.
SHEALocal storm report, Jul 25, 4:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
400 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM 5SW KAHOKA MO TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
7/25/95 CLARK COUNTY REPORTED BY CO.SHERIFF.
SHEASpecial weather statement, Jul 25, 7:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
MOZ042-041-047-034-026-260200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 755 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 755 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM AROUND 50 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA IN WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY TO 20 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA IN EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF COLUMIBIA...CENTRALIA...HALLSVILLE...PARIS... SHELBINA...AND MADISON SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. FG/TJS
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 7:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
MOZ042-041-047-034-026-260200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 755 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 755 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM AROUND 50 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA IN WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY TO 20 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA IN EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF COLUMIBIA...CENTRALIA...HALLSVILLE...PARIS... SHELBINA...AND MADISON SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. FG/TJS
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 9:40 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
MOZ041-047-055-056-260200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 940 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BOONE...MONITEAU...MORGAN...AND BENTON COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ALTHOUGH ADDITONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS NOW SHIFTED TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THESE AREAS. TRUETT
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 9:41 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
MOZ041-047-055-056-260200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 940 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BOONE...MONITEAU...MORGAN...AND BENTON COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ALTHOUGH ADDITONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS NOW SHIFTED TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THESE AREAS. TRUETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 50 min |
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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.