Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1989, 4:07 PM CDT for Sainte Genevieve County, Saint Francois County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 1989, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1989, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -388 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 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 282109
SVRSTL
MOC187-186-282145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
407 PM CDT FRI APR 28 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
NORTHERN ST FRANCOIS AND NORTHERN STE GENEVIEVE
AT 4 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 50 MILES SOUTH OF ST LOUIS...
JUST NORTHEAST OF BONNE TERRE MISSOURI MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DANGERS OF
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES INTO EXTREME NORTHERN STE
GENEVIEVE COUNTY BY REMAINING INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
MCCARTHYWhat 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, Apr 28, 10:55 AM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MISSOURI WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 11 AM CDT FRI APR 28 1989 ...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.. A COLD FRONT WAS STREATCHED FROM KIRKSVILLE TO JUST NORTH OF JOPLIN LATE THIS MORNING AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE OUT OF MISSOURI BY EARLY SATURDAY. THIS FRONT WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EATERN MISSOURI MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...THEN THERE IS A CHANCE FOR FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST PORTION TONIGHT. PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WAS REPORTED IN MISSOURI THISp MORNING. THE REPORTED TEMPERATURES AT 11 AMM WERE MAINLY IN THE 60S AND 70S. COOLER WEATHER IS IN THE FORECAST TONIGHT WITH THE LOWS MAINLY IN THE 50S AND TOMORROW HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE MAINLY IN THE UPPER 60S AND 70S.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 11:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MISSOURI WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1125 AM CDT FRI APR 28 1989 ...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.. A COLD FRONT WAS STRETCHED FROM KIRKSVILLE TO JUST NORTH OF JOPLIN LATE THIS MORNING AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE OUT OF MISSOURI BY EARLY SATURDAY. THIS FRONT WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EATERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...THEN THERE IS A CHANCE FOR FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST PORTION TONIGHT. PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WERE REPORTED IN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. THE REPORTED TEMPERATURES AT 11 AM WERE MAINLY IN THE 60S AND 70S. COOLER WEATHER IS IN THE FORECAST TONIGHT WITH THE LOWS MAINLY IN THE 50S AND TOMORROW HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE MAINLY IN THE UPPER 60S AND 70S. ACQUAVIVA
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:41 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 339 PM CDT FRI APR 28 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FOR 4PM TO 10PM... AT 332 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE OCCURRING... 90 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS...BETWEEN FORT LEONARD WOOD AND BUNKER MISSOURI 110 MILES SOUTH OF ST LOUIS...BETWEEN EMINENCE AND POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING IN PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF MISSOURI. END
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 4:05 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 403 PM CDT FRI APR 28 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 10 PM... AT 4 PM A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 50 MILES SOUTH OF ST LOUIS... JUST EAST OF BONNE TERRE MISSOURI. SEVERAL OTHER VERY STRONG STORMS WERE FARTHER SOUTH...BETWEEN CLEAR WATER LAKE AND POPLAR BLUFF IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THROUGH THE EASTERN OZARKS REGION. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. MCCARTHY
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Scotland | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clark | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Scotland | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clark | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.