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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 2, 1996Adams County, Pike County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1996, 8:15 PM CDT for Adams County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1996, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1996, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adams County, IL, Pike County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1996-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 404 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1996-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
404 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1480 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 030123
SVRSTL
ILC001-149-030215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
815 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY...NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY
 
AT 820 PM...A SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF PIKE AND
IN THE SOUTHWEST OF ADAMS COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO
THE EAST OR NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORMS ARE BARRY...KINGSTON AND VERSAILLE.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WIND$S...HAIL
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OFTEN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
VA/TS
 
 
&

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBrown50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.