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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 24, 1996Bond County, Fayette County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1996, 4:10 PM CDT for Bond County, Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 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
Jul 24, 1996, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1996, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bond County, IL, Fayette County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1996-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 129 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1996-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1143 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 242114
SVRSTL
ILC005-051-242200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
410 PM CDT WED JUL 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...EASTERN BOND COUNTY...WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY
 
AT 411 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDESTORM
OVER EASTERN BOND COUNTY...NEAR THE MULBERRY GROVE. THIS STORM WILL
PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AND MOVE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF HAGERSTOWN
AND PITTSBURG BETWEEN 425 AND 440 PM CDT.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
RP

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.