Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 12:29 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1995, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1995, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 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, 5.5 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
- 2056 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 18.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 140535 COR SVRSTL ILC081-140615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED...TIME OF RADAR REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1229 AM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 1227 NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MT. VERNON MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH INCLUDE WALTONVILLE AND MT. VERNON. LARGE HAIL IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA UNTIL 500 AM SUNDAY. JPK
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, May 13, 8:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
MOZ042-010-019-027-034-036-035-026-ILZ095-096-097-140200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 820 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE THREAT OF STRONG STORMS...AND HEAVY RAINS...HAS NOW PUSHED TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THESE AREAS. IN MISSOURI THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THESE WATCHES...CLARK...LEWIS...SHELBY...MARION...MONROE...RALLS...AUDRAIN ...AND PIKE. IN ILLINOIS...THE COUNTIES OF ADAMS...BROWN...jAND PIKE HAVE BEEN CLEARED. THE CITIES OF HANNIBAL AND QUINCY HAVE ALSO BEEN CLEARED FROM THESE WATCHES. TRUETT
Special weather statement, May 13, 8:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
MOZ055>058-068>070-140235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MISSOURI 834 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT... AT 830 PM...RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING PULASKI COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESVILLE...OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROLLA AND WILL BE MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTY BY 840 PM AND BE NEAR FORT LEONARD WOOD BY 850 PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WERE LOCATED ALONG INTERSTATE 44...EAST OF SPRINGFIELD AND ALSO SOUTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SPRINGFIELD VICINITY MAY APPROACH PULASKI AND MARIES COUNTIES LATER THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING PULASKI COUNTY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PULASKI AND MARIES COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM SUNDAY MORNING. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 11:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MOZ058-059-052-051-049-060-140500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1122 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SECTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...AS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS NOW PUSHED INTO EXTREME EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH... LINCOLN...MONTGOMERY...WARREN...OSAGE...GASCONADE...AND MARIES. THE CITIES OF TROY AND OWNESVILLE HAVE ALSO BEEN CLEARED FROM THIS WATCH. TORNADO WATCHES CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI...AND PEOPLE~ IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. TRUETT
Local storm report, May 13, 11:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1125 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
845 PM HOUSE SPRINGS MO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
5/13/95 JEFFERSON RPTD BY COUNTY SHERIFF
845 PM 5 MILES SOUTH OF EUREKA MO ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL
5/13/95 JEFFERSON RPTD BY PUBLIC
848 PM VALLEY PARK MO ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL
5/13/95 ST LOUIS RPTD BY LOCAL MEDIA
850 PM FENTON MO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
5/13/95 ST LOUIS RPTD BY HAM RADIO SPOTTERS
850 PM 1 MILE SOUTH OF FENTON MO ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL
5/13/95 ST LOUIS/JEFFERSON LINE RPTD BY COUNTY SHERIFF
852 PM FENTON MO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
5/13/95 ST LOUIS RPTD BY SPOTTER
855 PM 1 MILE SOUTH OF FENTON MO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
5/13/95 ST LOUIS/JEFFERSON LINE RPTD BY SPOTTER
900 PM HIGH RIDGE MO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
5/13/95 JEFFERSON RPTD BY LOCAL MEDIA
920 PM FESTUS MO ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL
5/13/95 JEFFERSON RPTD BY COUNTY SHERIFF
1010 PM BELLEVILLE IL GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
5/13/95 ST CLAIR RPTD BY EOC IN THE CITY
1035 PM LIVELY GROVE IL ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL
5/13/95 WASHINGTON RPTD BY COUNTY SHERIFF
1035 PM NASHVILLE IL DIME SIZE HAIL
5/13/95 WASHINGTON RPTD BY COUNTY SHERIFF
1045 PM 12 MILES W OF NASHVILLE IL GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
5/13/95 WASHINGTON RPTD BY SPOTTERS
1100 PM WATERLOO IL 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
5/13/95 MONROE RPTD BY COUNTY SHERIFF
1100 PM OAKDALE IL 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
5/13/95 WASHINGTON RPTD BY COUNTY EMA
SHEASpecial weather statement, May 13, 11:58 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
ILZ075-070-074-140530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1157 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN NASHVILLE... THE WASHINGTON COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AND 25 MPH WINDS AT 1155 PM. A CLUSTER OF STORMS STRETCHED FROM NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY NEAR HOYLETON...SOUTHWEST ACROSS NASHVILLE...THEN TO NEAR LIVELY GROVE. THE CLUSTER WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS EAST AND SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM. JPK &
Special weather statement, May 14, 12:26 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
ILZ075-070-080-079-074-140615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1222 AM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1220 AM NWS RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF SALEM IN MARION COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CHESTER IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST 30 MPH. MT. VERNON...WALTONVILLE...TODDS MILL...AND REND LAKE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF STORMS. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS UNTIL 100 AM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS UNTIL 500 AM SUNDAY FOR MUCH OF SOUTH ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. JPK
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 51 min |
| May 13, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 47 min |
| May 13, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph, Saint Clair | 47 min |
| May 13, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 42 min |
| May 13, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 60 min |
| May 13, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 51 min |
| May 13, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.