Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1988, 4:15 PM CDT for Saint Charles County, Warren County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 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
- Jun 8, 1988, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1988, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Saint Charles County, MO, Warren 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Warren, MO | |
| Jun 8, 4:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | St. Charles, 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
Salem-Leckrone, IL (KSLO), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1902 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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, Jun 8, 10:36 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 128 PM CDT WED JUN 8 1988 AT 126 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN A CLUSTER 50 MILES NORTH OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI...AROUND THE JACKSONVILLE ILLINOIS AREA. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE ILLINOIS COUNTIES OF SCOTT...NORTHERN GREENE...MORGAN...CASS AND WESTERN SANGAMON FROM 130PM TO 230PM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND OTHER STORMS WERE OCCURRING IN A LARGE PART OF WEST CENTRAL TO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. RADAR NOWCAST...THESE STORMS AND SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN PARTS OF WESTERN INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. STORMS AND SHOWERS WILL REDEVELOP IN PARTrS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. BB
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 128 PM CDT WED JUN 8 1988 AT 126 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN A CLUSTER 50 MILES NORTH OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI...AROUND THE JACKSONVILLE ILLINOIS AREA. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE ILLINOIS COUNTIES OF SCOTT...NORTHERN GREENE...MORGAN...CASS AND WESTERN SANGAMON FROM 130PM TO 230PM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND OTHER STORMS WERE OCCURRING IN A LARGE PART OF WEST CENTRAL TO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. RADAR NOWCAST...THESE STORMS AND SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN PARTS OF WESTERN INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. STOsRMS AND SHOWERS WILL REDEVELOP IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. BB
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 226 PM CDT WED JUN 8 1988 ...STRONG STORMS IN WEST CENTRAL TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 225 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN A 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS...AT LOUISIANA MISSOURI. ALSO 30 TO 35 MILES SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AROUND THE WAVERLY AREA OF ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE ILLINOIS COUNTIES OF PIKE...SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN...SANGAMON...NORTHERN MACOUPIN AND WESTERN CHRISTIAN BETWEEN 230PM TO 330PM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND OTHER STORMS WERE OCCURRING IN A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI INTO A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. RADAR NOWCAST...THESE STORMS AND SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BB
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:16 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 315PM CDT WED JUN 8 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 313 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY NORTH OF MONTGOMERY CITY...35 TO 45 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE MONTGOMERY CITY AND BELLFLOWER AREAS. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAGEMEYER
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:38 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 330 PM CDT WED JUN 8 1988 ...STRONG STORMS IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI INTO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... AT 328 PM CDT...A VERY STRONG STORM WAS OCCURRING 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI...IN NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY ILLINOIS. THIS STORM WILL HAVE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN A LARGE CLUSTER FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE MISSOURI COUNTIES OF MONTGOMERY...PIKE AND LINCOLN AND THE ILLINOIS COUNTIES OF CALHOUN...GREENE...JERSEY AND 'MACOUPIN BETWEEN 430PM TO 530PM THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BB
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988
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.