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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 19, 1996Randolph County, Washington County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1996, 8:30 PM CDT for Randolph County, Washington 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: Jul 19, 1996, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 1996, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Randolph County, IL, Washington County, IL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jul 19, 8:50 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 55	Lively Grove, IL
Jul 19, 9:05 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 55	Nashville, IL
Jul 19, 9:05 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 55	Sparta, IL
Jul 19, 9:05 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 55	Tilden, 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 234 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1299 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 884 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 200135
SVRSTL
ILC189-157-200215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
830 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 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 SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
 
   ...RANDOLPH COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING THE
WESTERN PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY EXTENDING SOUTH TO NEAR REDBUD.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TOWNS IN THE
PATH ARE SPARTA...NASHVILLE...AND OKAWVILLE.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
AMS/FG

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, Jul 19, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

MOZ042-041-050-010-048-072-062-059-084-018-019-052-085-027-047-
051-034-049-036-035-099-061-075-074-063-064-009-026-060-073-ILZ095-
064-096-098-069-065-058-099-059-100-070-102-060-097-079-101-074-
MOZ065-011600-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
652 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 1996

THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NWS OFFICE
IN ST. LOUIS. AREAS INCLUDED ARE PARTS OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ALONG
AND NORTH OF I-70. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ST. LOUIS...
COLUMBIA...AND THE HANNIBAL/QUINCY AREA.

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD K&EEP ADVISED OF
THE LATEST FORECAST FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTION.

AMS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison	56 min
Jul 19, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Saint Clair	46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1996 Every 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.