Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1989, 8:17 AM CDT for Ralls County, Missouri. It was in force for 58 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 25, 1989, 8:17 AM CDT (13:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1989, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ralls 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, 8:45 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Ralls, 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -743 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 25, 2:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAINT LOUIS MO 245 AM CDT THU MAY 25 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 324 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MISSOURI... AT 230 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HAIL..GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN..STRETCHED FROM EAST MISSOURI 20 MILES EAST OF ST CHARLES MISSOURI INTO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS NEAR CHAMPAIGN. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE IN AN AREA ALTON ILLINOIS AND MATTOON ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. FMD
Special weather statement, May 25, 5:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAINT LOUIS MO 600 AM CDT THU MAY 25 1989 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. VERY WARM..MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR PERSISTS ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. COOLER AND DRIER AIR COVERED THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE STATE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDRY TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS AND SINK SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF MISSOUR^I ILLINOIS AND INDIANA TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, May 25, 7:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 710 AM CDT THU MAY 25 1989 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING... AT 700AM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE NEAR LACLEDE...AND 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE NEAR SUMNER. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN..VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WIND. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE ENTERING CHARITON COUNTY BY 715 AM...AND BY 745 AM WILL BE IN NORTHERN RANDOLPH AND MACON COUNTIES. AL
Special weather statement, May 25, 7:43 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAINT LOUIS MO 740 AM CDT THU MAY 25 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1PM CDT.. AT 730 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH GUSTY WINDS..HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI..JUST WEST OF MACON MISSOURI AND ONE 30 MILES EAST OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. RADAR...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO CENTRAL AND EAST MISSOURI DURING THE MORNING. FMD
Special weather statement, May 25, 7:49 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAINT LOUIS MO 740 AM CDT THU MAY 25 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1PM CDT.. AT 730 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH GUSTY WINDS..HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI..JUST WEST OF MACON MISSOURI AND ONE 30 MILES EAST OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. RADAR NOWCAST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO CENTRAL AND EAST MISSOURI DURING THE MORNING. FMD
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Schuyler, Scotland | 36 min |
| May 24, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clark, Knox, Lewis | 34 min |
| May 24, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis, Shelby | 41 min |
| May 25, 8:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Shelby | 58 min |
| May 25, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 55 min |
| May 25, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Warren | 31 min |
| May 25, 10:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 34 min |
| May 25, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 47 min |
| May 25, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 47 min |
| May 25, 10:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 31 min |
| May 25, 11:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 25 min |
| May 25, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike, Ralls | 38 min |
| May 25, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike, Scott | 36 min |
| May 25, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene | 45 min |
| May 25, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 55 min |
| May 25, 9:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 38 min |
| May 25, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene | 44 min |
| May 25, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Effingham, Fayette | 27 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.