Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1989, 11:54 PM CDT for Henry County, Missouri. It was in force for 66 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
- May 24, 1989, 11:54 PM CDT (04:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1989, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 12:29 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Henry, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 3587 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 8.1
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, May 24, 8:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 835PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989 ...TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARRISON AND MERCER COUNTY...IN NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI...UNTIL 9PM... AT 830 PM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN HARRISON AND NORTHERN MERCER COUNTIES...IN MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST HARRISON AND MERCER COUNTIES INCLUDING T HE TOWNS OF SALINE AND MERCER SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. AT 820PM TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF EAGLEVILLE...IN NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTY. SCHILLING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 51 min |
| May 24, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Jackson | 44 min |
| May 24, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell | 58 min |
| May 24, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 66 min |
| May 24, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Johnson | 68 min |
| May 24, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 68 min |
| May 24, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton | 45 min |
| May 24, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 38 min |
| May 25, 6:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 39 min |
| May 25, 7:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Ray | 52 min |
| May 25, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette | 46 min |
| May 25, 7:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 65 min |
| May 25, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 63 min |
| May 25, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone, Moniteau | 60 min |
| May 25, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Callaway, Cole | 56 min |
| May 25, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Audrain | 56 min |
| May 25, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gasconade, Osage | 30 min |
| May 25, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard | 25 min |
| May 25, 10:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Audrain, Boone, Randolph | 36 min |
| May 24, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 54 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.