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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 16, 1990Lincoln County, Warren County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1990, 1:02 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Warren County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1990, 1:02 AM CDT (06:02 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1990, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, MO, Warren 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 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 291 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1990-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1196 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1990-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1196 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
7.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 160608
SVRSTL
MOC113-219-160645-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
102 AM CDT WED MAY 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
          ...LINCOLN...WARREN
 
AT 100 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
MOSCOW CITY IN LINCOLN COUNTY AND ANORTHER SEVERE STORM
NEAR WARRENTON IN WARREN COUNTY.
 
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 40 MPH.
 
WARRENTON IS ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF ST LOUIS.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Ralls25 min
May 15, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike40 min
May 15, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln54 min
May 16, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles46 min
May 16, 3:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson27 min
May 16, 4:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln37 min
May 16, 4:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles, Warren4 hr
May 16, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Warren43 min
May 16, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles14 min
May 16, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis50 min
May 16, 3:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles7 hr
May 16, 3:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLincoln, Warren7 hr
May 16, 3:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Louis7 hr
May 16, 3:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCity of Saint Louis7 hr
May 16, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Phelps36 min
May 16, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXSaint Louis22 min
May 16, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCity of Saint Louis51 min
May 16, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Louis52 min
May 16, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCity of Saint Louis52 min
May 16, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Washington61 min
May 16, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.