Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 29, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1996, 7:45 PM CDT for Macoupin County, Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 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
- May 25, 1996, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1996, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Macoupin County, IL, Montgomery County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Waggoner, 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 260046 TORSTL ILC117-135-260130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 745 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...EASTERN MACOUPIN COUNTY...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT 745 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR CARLINVILLE. ALSO...ILLINOIS STATE POLICE CONFIRMED THIS TORNADO. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF WOMAC...ATWATER...AND BARNETT. A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...SEEK SHELTER NOW! FERRY/METZE &
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 60 min |
| May 25, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 66 min |
| May 25, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 67 min |
| May 25, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton | 65 min |
| May 25, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond | 44 min |
| May 25, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 60 min |
| May 25, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 50 min |
| May 25, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 45 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.