Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1996, 9:33 AM CST for Clinton County, Washington County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 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
- Jan 18, 1996, 9:33 AM CST (15:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 1996, 10:15 AM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clinton County, IL, Washington County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 9:45 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Okawville, IL | |
| Jan 18, 10:10 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Bartelso, 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 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 622 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 786 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 181535 RRA SVRSTL ILC027-189-181615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 933 AM CST THU JAN 18 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...CLINTON COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 933 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN CLINTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES FROM 15 TO 20 MILES WEST OF CARLYLE AND NASHVILE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS ARE GERMANTOWN...ST ROSE...CARLYLE... NASHVILLE AND OKAWVILLE. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OFTEN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. FG/DF
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, Jan 18, 4:11 AM CST, 5 hours 22 minutes before
MOZALL-ILZALL-181215-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
411 AM CST THU JAN 18 1996
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOME PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 9 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
ILLINOIS COUNTIES....
CALHOUN AND JERSEY COUNTIES
...AND HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING MISSOURI COUNTIES....
LINCOLN WARREN ST. CHARLES MONTGOMERY GASCONADE OSAGE
CALLAWAY BOONE COLE AND MONITEAU COUNTIES.
THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST FOR THE REMAINDER OF
COUNTIES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI INCLUDING THE ST LOUIS
METRO AREA...ROLLA...AND COMMUNITIES SOUTH AND EAST.
PEDIGOSpecial weather statement, Jan 18, 4:14 AM CST, 5 hours 19 minutes before
MOZALL-ILZALL-181215-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
411 AM CST THU JAN 18 1996
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOME PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 9 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
ILLINOIS COUNTIES....
CALHOUN AND JERSEY COUNTIES
...AND HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING MISSOURI COUNTIES....
LINCOLN WARREN ST. CHARLES MONTGOMERY GASCONADE OSAGE
CALLAWAY BOONE COLE AND MONITEAU COUNTIES.
THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST FOR THE REMAINDER OF
COUNTIES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI INCLUDING THE ST LOUIS
METRO AREA...ROLLA...AND COMMUNITIES SOUTH AND EAST.
PEDIGOSpecial weather statement, Jan 18, 6:19 AM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
ILZ098>102-MOZ048>052-056>065-068>076-079>087-089>115-181315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 619 AM CST THU JAN 18 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 9 HAS EXPIRED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI HAS NOW EXPIRED. HOWEVER A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TRAILED FROM ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS STRAIGHT SOUTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEDIGO
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 6:22 AM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
ILZ098>102-MOZ048>052-056>065-068>076-079>087-089>115-181315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 619 AM CST THU JAN 18 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 9 HAS EXPIRED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI HAS NOW EXPIRED. HOWEVER A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TRAILED FROM ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS STRAIGHT SOUTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEDIGO
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 7:56 AM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
MOZ076-086-087-100-109>115-181645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 756 AM CST THU JAN 18 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 1 PM CST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST AND INCLUDES THE CAPE GIRARDEAU...PERRYVILLE...POPLAR BLUFF AND CARUTHERSVILLE AREAS. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS MORNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING SEVERE AND PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLY SOME TORNADOES. ALSO...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL BRING A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE WEATHER. AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RAPIDLY AND THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SHOULD KEEP STAY INFORMED OF LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND T.V. STATIONS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FERRY
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 7:59 AM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
MOZ076-086-087-100-109>115-181645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 756 AM CST THU JAN 18 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 1 PM CST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST AND INCLUDES THE CAPE GIRARDEAU...PERRYVILLE...POPLAR BLUFF AND CARUTHERSVILLE AREAS. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS MORNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING SEVERE AND PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLY SOME TORNADOES. ALSO...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL BRING A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE WEATHER. AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RAPIDLY AND THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SHOULD KEEP STAY INFORMED OF LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND T.V. STATIONS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FERRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 9:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Montgomery | 32 min |
| Jan 18, 9:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 46 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.