Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1988, 5:20 PM CST for Adair County, Schuyler County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 min. 2 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
- Mar 24, 1988, 5:20 PM CST (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 1988, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adair County, MO, Schuyler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 5:20 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Adair, MO | |
| Mar 24, 5:25 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Schuyler, 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, 2:51 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 250 PM CST THU MAR 24 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 8PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI...BE PREPARED... AT 248 PM CST NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS IN OR NEAR CENTRAL MISSOURI...HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AND INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY TO THE WEST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. NOW IS THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU WOULD GO IN THE EVENT OF A TORNADO. IN THE BASEMENT UNDER A STURDY OBJECT... OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE IS THE BEST PLACE TO TAKE COVER IN YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HAGEMEYER
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 3:58 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 355 PM CST THU MAR 24 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 8PM... ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MVOING RAPIDLY INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 350 PM CDT THE LEADING EDGE OF A 20 MILE WIDE LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CHILLICOTHE TO 30 MILES WEST OF MARSHALL TO 50 MILES WEST OF SEDALIA. THE MOST DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARSHALL AND WILL BE MOVING INTO LINN COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY ABOUT 430PM. INTENSE...POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SWEEP THROUGH ALL OF CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RESIDENTS BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR WINDOWLESS INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING ISS:UED FOR YOUR AREA. HAGEMEYER
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Scotland | 50 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.