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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 5, 1999Fayette County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1999, 6:16 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 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
May 5, 1999, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1999, 6:50 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Fayette County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 1999-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 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 1999-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 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.

999 
WUUS1 KSTL 052317 RRA
SVRSTL
ILC051-052350-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
616 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 650 PM CDT

* AT AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF VANDALIA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  WRIGHTS CORNER
  BEECHER CITY


THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DAMAGING HAIL. LARGE HAIL CAN
CAUSE EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE AN SERIOUS INJURY TO PEOPLE CAUGHT
OUTDOORS. MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.

PEDIGO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion47 min
May 5, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington36 min
May 5, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion49 min
May 5, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion49 min
May 5, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison, Saint Clair47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.