Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1995, 3:33 PM CDT for Brown County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 1995, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brown County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 2119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 162035 RRA SVRSTL ILC009-162115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 333 PM CDT WED AUG 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...BROWN COUNTY AT 330 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS DETECTING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO BROWN COUNTY ILLINOIS. THE STORM WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF BUCKHORN IN SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUTNY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF BUCKHORN...RIPLEY...MT STERLING AND VERSAILLES BETWEEN 345 AND 415 PM. THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 71 MPH WHEN IT MOVED THROUGH QUINCY AT 235 PM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK INSIDE SHELTER NOW! GKS &
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 16, 1:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
ILZ049-058>060-095>100-MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042- 047>052-059>064-170015- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 111 PM CDT WED AUG 16 1995 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ...EAST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS AREA WILL INCLUDE THE CITIES OF HANNIBAL...COLUMBIA AND ST LOUIS. THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER WEATHER DISTURBANCE AND VARY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL PRODUCE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVEL WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WIND AND LARGE HAIL. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS IN CASE SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED. VA
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 1:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
ILZ049-058>060-095>100-MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042- 047>052-059>064-170015- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 111 PM CDT WED AUG 16 1995 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ...EAST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS AREA WILL INCLUDE THE CITIES OF HANNIBAL...COLUMBIA AND ST LOUIS. THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER WEATHER DISTURBANCE AND VARY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL PRODUCE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVEL WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WIND AND LARGE HAIL. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ADVISED OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS IN CASE SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED. VA
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 3:00 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
ILZ059-060-064-100-162100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 300 PM CDT WED AUG 16 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR EDWARDSVILLE...STAUTON...RAYMOND... AND GIRARD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN FARMERSVILLE...RAYMOND...LITCHFIELD...AND STAUTON COULD EXPERIENCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 3 PM AND 4 PM.
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 3:00 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
ILZ059-060-064-100-162100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 300 PM CDT WED AUG 16 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR EDWARDSVILLE...STAUTON...RAYMOND... AND GIRARD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN FARMERSVILLE...RAYMOND...LITCHFIELD...AND STAUTON COULD EXPERIENCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 3 PM AND 4 PM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 42 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.