Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1986, 1:10 PM CDT for Lewis County, Missouri; Adams County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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
- May 6, 1986, 1:10 PM CDT (18:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1986, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, IL, Lewis County, MO
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lewis, MO | |
| May 6, 1:50 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Lewis, MO | |
| May 6, 1:58 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Adams, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Peoria Regional, IL (KPIA), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 061810 SVRSTL MOC111-ILC001-061900- BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 110 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... LEWIS IN MISSOURI AND ADAMS IN ILLINOIS. AT 115 PM CST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED BY RADAR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS IN WESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN MISSOURI. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH..LARGE HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING..AND HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HAMILTON
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, May 6, 10:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1022 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 1015 AM THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM JUST WEST OF KIRKSVILLE TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACON TO 35 MILES NORTH OF MARSHALL. THE MOST INTENSE STORM WAS LOCATED 40 MILES NORTH OF MARSHALL..OR ABOUT 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA. THIS STORM CONTAINS SMALL HAIL.. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. HAGEMEYER
Special weather statement, May 6, 11:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1100 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 1986 WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATES INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI AT 11AM THIS MORNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LINN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1130 AM. A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LANCASTER MO..25 MILES NORTH OF KIRKSVILLE MO TO NEAR BROOKFIELD MO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO T+HE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. BROOKFIELD MO REPORTED MARBEL SIZE HAIL AT 11AM THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY 1PM THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 6, 12:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1205 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 1986 AT NOON A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OBSERVED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE IN ADAIR COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SEVERAL REPORTS OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL WERE REPORTED IN LINN COUNTY AROUND 1140 AM CDT. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO KNOX COUNTY AROUND 1230 PM. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE gPOSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS. BW
Local storm report, May 6, 1:06 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
105 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 1986
TIME REPORT
1100 AM CDT 3/4 INCH HAIL AT BROOKFIELD IN LINN COUNTY.
1210 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT ATLANTA IN MACON
COUNTY. WINDOWS BROKEN AND ROOFS DAMAGED.
1230 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT NICKELLTON IN NORTHEAST
MACON COUNTY.The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adair | 45 min |
| May 6, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis | 45 min |
| May 6, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 25 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1986Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
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.