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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 5, 1996Adams County, Illinois; Lewis County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1996, 9:30 PM CDT for Adams County, Illinois; Lewis County, Missouri. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report 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
Jun 5, 1996, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1996, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adams County, IL, Lewis County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 10:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 51Quincy, 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 1996-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 060232
SVRSTL
ILC001-MOC111-127-137-173-060330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
930 PM CDT WED JUN 5 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...ADAMS COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY...MARION COUNTY...MONROE COUNTY
   ...RALLS COUNTY
 
AT 930 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTHEAST
OF MONTICELLO...TO SHELBINA.
 
THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH...AND WILL BE AFFECTING
THE CITIES OF CANTON...QUINCY...PAL|MYRA...HANNIBAL...WARREN...MONROE
CITY...PARIS...AND MARK TWAIN LAKE.
 
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
IF OUTDOORS...SEEK INSIDE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAdams34 min
Jun 5, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike68 min
Jun 5, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike36 min
Jun 6, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Saint Clair49 min
Jun 6, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Randolph46 min
Jun 6, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion45 min
Jun 5, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Lewis42 min
Jun 5, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXKnox33 min
Jun 5, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXShelby45 min
Jun 5, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Monroe, Ralls60 min
Jun 5, 11:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMonroe, Ralls5 hr
Jun 5, 11:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXShelby5 hr
Jun 6, 1:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMonroe, Ralls50 min
Jun 6, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Ralls50 min
Jun 6, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage49 min
Jun 6, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington52 min
Jun 6, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin38 min
Jun 6, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Louis44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1996Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.