Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1995, 8:31 PM CDT for Fayette County, Marion County, Illinois. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 1995, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, IL, Marion County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 4119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 100132 RRA SVRSTL ILC051-121-100230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 831 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY...MARION COUNTY AT 825 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM FLORA ILLINOIS NORTHWEST TO ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF VANDALIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THEY HAVE BEEN INCREASING IN INTENSITY SINCE 8 PM AND WILL BE INTERSECTING WITH TWO STORMS MOVING EAST BETWEEN CARLYLE LAKE AND SALEM. PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF FARINA...KINMUNDY...AND SALEM WILL BE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PEDIGO
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, Aug 9, 4:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-034>036-042-100900- MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 406 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THIS INCLUDED THE CITIES OF KIRKSVILLE AND HANNIBAL IN MISSOURI. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF THE LATEST FORECAST FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ACQUAVIVA
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-034>036-042-100900- MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 406 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THIS INCLUDED THE CITIES OF KIRKSVILLE AND HANNIBAL IN MISSOURI. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF THE LATEST FORECAST FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ACQUAVIVA
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
MOZ076-084-085-099-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 504 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 A SMALL CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN SPRAWLED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 5 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO VERY STRONG STORMS...ONE WAS LOCATED NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF PERRYVILLE...AND THE OTHER JUST EAST OF FREDERICKTOWN. THESE STORMS ARE MEANDERING SLOWLY NORTHWARD BUT COULD ACTUALLY MOVE OR DEVELOP IN ANY DIRECTION THIS EVENING DUE TO THE WEAKNESS OF THE STEERING WINDS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE COMMUNITIES CAN EXPECT BURSTS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN OR NEAR THESE STORMS. LOCAL FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM. ALSO...IF YOU ARE DRIVING WATCH FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES ALONG YOUR ROUTE DUE TO THE RAINFALL. PEDIGO
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
MOZ076-084-085-099-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 504 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 A SMALL CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN SPRAWLED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 5 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO VERY STRONG STORMS...ONE WAS LOCATED NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF PERRYVILLE...AND THE OTHER JUST EAST OF FREDERICKTOWN. THESE STORMS ARE MEANDERING SLOWLY NORTHWARD BUT COULD ACTUALLY MOVE OR DEVELOP IN ANY DIRECTION THIS EVENING DUE TO THE WEAKNESS OF THE STEERING WINDS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE COMMUNITIES CAN EXPECT BURSTS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN OR NEAR THESE STORMS. LOCAL FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM. ALSO...IF YOU ARE DRIVING WATCH FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES ALONG YOUR ROUTE DUE TO THE RAINFALL. PEDIGO
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 7:38 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
ILZ066-100245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 738 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 AT 730 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS TRAILED FROM A POINT 35 MILES EAST OF EFFINGHAM NORTHWESTWARD TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EFFINGHAM. ANOTHER VERY STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF EFFINGHAM NEAR MASON ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS ALONG WITH BRIEF DRENCHING RAINS. PERSONS IN AND NEAR EFFINGHAM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD THE STORM STRENGTHEN FURTHER. PEDIGO
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 7:44 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
ILZ066-100245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 738 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 AT 730 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS TRAILED FROM A POINT 35 MILES EAST OF EFFINGHAM NORTHWESTWARD TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EFFINGHAM. ANOTHER VERY STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF EFFINGHAM NEAR MASON ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS ALONG WITH BRIEF DRENCHING RAINS. PERSONS IN AND NEAR EFFINGHAM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD THE STORM STRENGTHEN FURTHER. PEDIGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 3:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 115 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.