Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 1987, 5:15 PM CDT for Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 60 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
- Sep 16, 1987, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 1987, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 6:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Pike, MO |
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, 10.3 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
- 723 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 162215 SVRSTL MOC163-162315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 515 PM CDT WED SEP 16 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI... PIKE A CLUSTER OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO PIKE COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHWEST.. AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL MOVE THROUGH PIKE COUNTY BETWEEN 515 AND 615PM THIS EVENING INCLUDING THE CITY OF BOWLING GREEN. VERY HEAVY RAIN.. GUSTY WINDS.. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LIGHTNING BY STAYING IN A BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...EXCEPT IN EMERGENCIES. FELDT
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, Sep 16, 1:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 145 PM CDT WED SEP 16 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 143 PM CDT A NARROW LINE OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF MARSHALL TO 15 MILES WEST OF SEDALIA TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WARSAW. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARSAW AND LIKELY CONTAINS SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY. HAGEMEYER
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 4:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 400 PM CDT WED SEP 16 1987 .. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 10PM.. AT 4PM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS NORTH - SOUTH LINE EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF KIRKSVILLE ACROSS THE COLUMBIA REGION AND THEN DUE SOUTH INTO THE OZARKS. THIS WAS ABOUT 60 MILES TO THE WEST OF THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA AND ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF QUINCY AND HANNIBAL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF THE STATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING INCLUDING THE QUINCY HANNIBAL AREA BEFORE 7PM AND THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA AFTER 6PM. NO RECENT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS HOWEVER THE AIR IS QUITE UNSTABLE AND THE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE VERY STRONG UNTIL SUNSET. A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN.. GUSTY WINDS ... AND HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS PASSAGE. FELDT
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 4:44 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 439 PM CDT WED SEP 16 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 10PM... AT 429PM...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSOURI INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STRONGER STROMS WERE IN A CLUSTER FROM FORT LEONARD WOOD TO NEAR KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI TO SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGTON IOWA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF THE STATE 530PM...AND WILL AFFECT THE HANNIBAL/QUINCY AREAS BY 445PM...AND MAY AFFECT THE ST LOUIS AREA BY AROUND 6PM. NO RECENT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS HOWEVER THE AIR IS QUITE UNSTABLE AND THE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE VERY STRONG UNTIL SUNSET. A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS PASSAGE. BB
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 5:04 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 500 PM CDT WED SEP 16 1987 .. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 10PM.. AT 5PM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE NORTHEAST TIP OF THE STATE THROUGH THE QUINCY AREA TO THE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR HERMANN AND THEN SOUTH TO ROLLA. THIS WAS ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF THE ST LOUIS AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF CUBA MISSOURI..OR 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS.. THEY WILL REACH WEST SECTIONS OF ST LOUIS AROUND 630 AND EFFECT THE REMAINDER OF THE METRO AREA BEFORE 8PM. THE SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE QUINCY HANNIBAL AREA WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 6 OR 630 THIS EVENING. THE ONLY REPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER SINCE 4PM HAS BEEN A REPORT OF 3/4 INCH HAIL AT MACOMB IN MCDONOUGH COUNTY ILLINOIS...OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ON THE CENTRAL MISSOURI STORMS HOWEVER THEY ARE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.. GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. FELDT
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
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.