Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1988, 4:23 PM CST for Chariton County, Linn County, Missouri. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 1988, 4:23 PM CST (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 1988, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chariton County, MO, Linn County, MO
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Mar 24, 2:14 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 210 PM CST THU MAR 24 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH..NUMBER 22..IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM.. AT 2 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDESTORMS...25 MILES WIDE..FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF OTTOWA KANSAS THRROUGH THE WEST PART OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA...TO ST JOSEPH AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...NORTH EAST OF MARYVILE. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. HALF INCH HAIL HAD BEEN REPORTED FROM A FEW LOCATIONS IN WYONDOTTE COUNTY IN KANSAS. THESE STORMS CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY..STAY TUNED.
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 3:16 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 310 PM CST THU MAR 24 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH..NUMBER 22..IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM.. AT 3 PM A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...25 MILES WIDE...STRETCHED FROM NEAR LAMONI IOWA...INTO THE EAST PARTS OF KANSAS CITY...AND SOUTH INTO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...JUST NORTH OF FT SCOTT. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED OUT OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI...BUT CONTINUES TO THE EAST OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 1:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 42 min |
| Mar 24, 4:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Saline | 67 min |
| Mar 24, 4:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Saline | 29 min |
| Mar 24, 4:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 58 min |
| Mar 24, 5:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton | 56 min |
| Mar 24, 5:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Moniteau, Morgan | 59 min |
| Mar 24, 5:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone, Cooper, Howard, Randolph | 59 min |
| Mar 24, 5:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon | 59 min |
| Mar 24, 2:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 34 min |
| Mar 24, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 50 min |
| Mar 24, 2:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 9 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.