Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1990, 7:03 PM CDT for Madison County, Perry County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1990, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1990, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Madison County, MO, Perry 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1794 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.7
- Supercell composite
- 14.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSTL 170004
SVRSTL
MOC123-157-170045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
703 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
...NORTHERN MADISON...PERRY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN
MADISON AND PERRY COUNTIES AT 7PM. THESE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE HAIL AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 40 MPH.
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.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 16, 5:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-011-013-014-162330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 530 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 ATTN TO MEDIA...PLEASE BROADCAST THIS AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE... CONTRARY TO A EARLIER REPORT...INTERSTATE 70 WEST OF SWEET SPRINGS IS NOT CLOSED. WATER FROM DAVIS CREEK IS THREATENING THE HIGHWAY BUT IT IS NOT CLOSED AT THIS TIME. LARM
Special weather statement, May 16, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MOZ013-014-015-016-019-020-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 550 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED AT 1234 PM FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MOST OF THE STATE EXCEPT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST. BARRY COUNTY IN ZONE 19 AND STONE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTIES IN ZONE 20 ARE STILL UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED IN THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Special weather statement, May 16, 6:11 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
MOZ019-020-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 610 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE JOPLIN AND SPRINGFIELD AREA... THE TORNADO WAT2CH ISSUED AT 1234 PM FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL PORTION OF MISSOURI WHERE A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNILL 11 PM.
Special weather statement, May 16, 6:21 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-011-013-014-170100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 625 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MISSOURI EXCEPT EXTREME NORTHWEST... THE COOL FRONT AND ASSOCIATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED THRU THE CENTRAL MISSOURI AREA, TAKING THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAINS, DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL, WITH IT. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ISSUED PREVIOUSLY FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI HAVE EXPIRED. HOWEVER, STREAMS AND RIVERS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL MISSOURI ARE STILL ON THE RISE AND MANY ARE NOT FORECAST TO CREST UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PERSONS RESIDING IN LOW LYING AREAS PRONE TO STREAM FLOODING SHOULD BE ALERT TO FURTHJER DEVELOPMENTS AND STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS. PERLOW
Special weather statement, May 16, 6:22 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
MOZ011-012-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 620 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA... THE TORNADO WATCLH ISSUED AT 248 PM FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE ST LOUIS AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... WHERE A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNILL 11 PM.
Special weather statement, May 16, 6:48 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
MOZ019-020-170015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 645 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED AT 1234 PM FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WATCH ONLY COVERED BARRY COUNTY IN ZONE 19 AND STONE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTIES IN ZONE 20. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WHERE A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNILL 11 PM.
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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.