Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1995, 9:27 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Illinois. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 1995, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1995, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 100227 RRA SVRSTL ILC081-100330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 927 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 923 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING NORTHWEST FROM NEAR FAIRFIELD ILLINOIS NORTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF CARLYLE LAKE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BOYD...HARMONY...MT. VERNON...AND BELLE RIVE ILLINOIS. THEY WILL ALSO REACH NORTHERN REACHES OF REND LAKE BY 1015 PM. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN AT 920 PM ALONG THE JEFFERSON-MARION COUNTY LINE. PEDIGO THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK INSIDE SHEtLTER NOW! &
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, 5:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 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, 4 hours 17 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, 1 hour 49 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, 1 hour 43 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, 9:06 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-035-036-052-061-063>065-075-076-101400- MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 906 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THIS INCLUDED THE CITIES OF HANNIBAL AND ST LOUIS METRO AREA. STORMS SPOTTER GROUPS AMD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF THE LATEST FORECAST FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION TONIGHT. ACQUAVIVA
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 9:16 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-035-036-052-061-063>065-075-076-101400- MISSOURI SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 906 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THIS INCLUDED THE CITIES OF HANNIBAL AND ST LOUIS METRO AREA. STORMS SPOTTER GROUPS AMD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF THE LATEST FORECASTh FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION TONIGHT. ACQUAVIVA
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 59 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.