Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1996, 9:10 PM CST for Randolph County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 min. 2 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
- Mar 24, 1996, 9:10 PM CST (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 1996, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 9:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Ruma, IL | |
| Mar 24, 9:25 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Sparta, 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSTL 250312 RRA SVRSTL ILC157-250400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 910 PM CST SUN MAR 24 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS ...RANDOLPH COUNTY AT 905 PM CST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SMALL LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN STE GENEVIEVE MOVING INTO RANDOPLH COUNTY ILLINOIS. AT 855 PM CDT..TREES WERE DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS NEAR THE TOWN OF WEINGARTEN. ONE TREE FELL ON A HOUSE. THE LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF RED BUD AND CHESTER BY 920 PM CST AND SPARTA AND STEELVILLE BY 940 PM CST. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK INSIDE SHELTER NOW! GKS/RP
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, Mar 24, 8:50 PM CST, 20 minutes before
ILZ095-096-MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-250600-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
850 PM CST SUN MAR 24 1996
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND
A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MISSOURI AT THIS TIME. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS
DIMINISHED...AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SCOTLAND...CLARK...KNOX...
LEWIS...SHELBY AND MARION COUNTIES IN MISSOURI AND ADAMS AND BROWN
COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS.
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Special weather statement, Mar 24, 8:56 PM CST, 14 minutes before
ILZ095-096-MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-250600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 850 PM CST SUN MAR 24 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI AT THIS TIME. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED...AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM HrAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SCOTLAND...CLARK...KNOX... LEWIS...SHELBY AND MARION COUNTIES IN MISSOURI AND ADAMS AND BROWN COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS.
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.