Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 1989, 3:54 PM CST for Lincoln County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 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
- Mar 17, 1989, 3:54 PM CST (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 1989, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln 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 17, 4:35 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Lincoln, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 1272 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSTL 172155
SVRSTL
MOC113-172245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
354 PM CST FRI MAR 17 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
...LINCOLN
AT 3:50 PM CST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES EAST
OF MONTGOMERY CITY MISSOURI...OR 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA. THE
STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD MOVE
NEAR WHITESIDE AND TROY BETWEEN 4:00 AND 4:20 PM.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
HAMILTONWhat 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 17, 3:16 PM CST, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 315 PM CST FRI MAR 17 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 300 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI IN A 10 MILES WIDE LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA TO 15 MILES EAST OF JEFFERSON CITY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER LINN IN OSAGE COUNTY...15 MILES EAST OF JEFFERSON CITY. THE OSAGE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL WIwTH THIS STORM AT 305 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE AREA OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS. MET
Special weather statement, Mar 17, 3:17 PM CST, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO LAST PARAGRAPH... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 315 PM CST FRI MAR 17 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 300 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI IN A 10 MILES WIDE LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA TO 15 MILES EAST OF JEFFERSON CITY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER LINN IN OSAGE COUNTY...15 MILES EAST OF JEFFERSON CITY. THE OSAGE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL WITH THIS STORM AT 305 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE AREA OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENzTS. MET
Special weather statement, Mar 17, 3:24 PM CST, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 325 PM CST FRI MAR 17 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 320 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI JUST WEST OF MONTGOMERY CITY OR 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS THE STORM MOVES NEAR MONTGOMERY CITY AND WELLSVILLE BETWEEN 330 AND 4 PM. HAMILTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 4:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Warren | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 5:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 43 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
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.