Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1996, 7:45 PM CDT for Adams County, Brown County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1996, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1996, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Pike County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:55 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Payson, IL | |
| May 27, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Griggsville, IL | |
| May 27, 8:35 PM CDT | Hail 1 | East Hannibal, IL | |
| May 27, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Beverly, IL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 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 280046 SVRSTL ILC001-009-149-280130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 745 PM CDT MON MAY 27 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY...BROWN COUNTY...NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY AT 744 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST ADAMS COUNTY NEAR PAYSON. THE STORM CONTINUED MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF PAYSON...KINGSTON...BUCKHORN...VERSAILLES...AND FISHHOOK. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT F OR THE WARNED AREA. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK INSIDE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TRUETT/GKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 41 min |
| May 27, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 40 min |
| May 27, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 32 min |
| May 27, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 42 min |
| May 27, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Macoupin | 50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.