Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1989, 10:28 AM CDT for Franklin County, Saint Charles County, Saint Louis County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 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, 10:28 AM CDT (15:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1989, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis 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, 10:41 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Franklin, 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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 742 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 251530 SVRSTL MOC071-099-183-189-251615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1028 AM CDT THU MAY 25 1989 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... ST CHARLES...EASTERN FRANKLIN...NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND WEST ST LOUIS COUNTY AT 1025 AM CDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS 35 MILES WEST OF ST LOUIS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED WITH ONE OF THESE STORMS AT ST CLAIR MISSOURI...40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS AT 1020 AM. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DANGERS OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LIGHTNING BY REMAINING INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR IN THESE STORMS WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MCCARTHY
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, 5:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 37 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, 3 hours 20 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, 2 hours 45 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, 2 hours 39 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
Special weather statement, May 25, 8:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAINT LOUIS MO 840 AM CDT THU MAY 25 1989 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1PM CDT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AT 832AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL WERE OCCURRING IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE WEST OF COLUMBIA NEAR BOONVILLE AND WEST OF HANNIBAL NEAR SHELBINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. T SOME DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH BOTH STORMS. WIPFLER
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, 8:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Ralls | 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 | 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 |
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.