Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

Apr 5, 1988, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)

Expired

Apr 5, 1988, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS St. Louis, MO

Area

Whole counties

County Pike County, MO

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAINT LOUIS MO
610 PM CDT TUE APR 5 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
      NORTHERN AND WESTERN PIKE

AT (605 PM  )  A  (SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LADONIA
MISSOURI IN AUDRAIN...WHICH IS 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HANNIBAL.
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND LIGHTNING.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...OR
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 314/922/9120.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
405 PM CDT TUE APR 5 1988

...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 10PM...
...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI...

AT 403 PM CDT A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
JUST SOUTHWEST OF SEDALIA TO 10 MILES WEST OF WARSAW TO 50 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH PETTIS
...BENTON AND HICKORY COUNTIES BETWEEN 410 AN 445PM AND WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED TO SWEEP
THROUGH MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RESIDENTS
SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARbNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
HAGEMEYER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MISSOURI WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
500 PM CDT TUE APR 5 1988

...TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST MISSOURI THROUGH THE
COLUMBIA AREA INTO THE SPRINGFIELD AREA AT 5 PM. THIS LINE WAS IN
ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE LOW 60S
TO THE LOW 90S. KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL WAS REPORTING 61 DEGREES
WHILE THE SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS AIRPORT WAS REPORTING 91.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH.
PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS.

WS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

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.