Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 5:08 PM CDT for Dent County, Phelps County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1990, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dent County, MO, Phelps 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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -491 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 082210
SVRSTL
MOC065-161-082300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
508 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
...WESTERN DENT
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
...WESTERN PHELPS
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WAS NEAR
WAYNESVILLE IN PULASKI COUNTY AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE STORM SHOULD REACH MONTAUK STATE PARK BETWEEN 545 PM AND 600 PM
CDT.
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 AND TAKE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER
APPROACHES.
EISEWhat 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, Jun 8, 1:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-081930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 140 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 8PM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 135 PM...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ENTERING WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AROUND BRUNSWICK...45 MILES NORTH OF SEDALIA...TO AROUND LEXINGTON...45 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEDALIA. THE AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS MARSHALL AND SALINE COUNTY AS WELL AS SOUTHERN CHARITON COUNTY BETWEEN 145 AND 230PM. FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND TO AT LEAST 40 MPH AND SOME HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS. LARM
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
MOZ009-082030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 230 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 8PM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 230 PM...AN ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEDALIA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF PETTIS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SEDALIA BETWEEN 230 AND 3PM. FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND TO AT LEAST 40 MPH AND LARGE HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LARM
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
MOZ012-082130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 340 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR CENTRAL AND EAST MISSOURI AND WEST AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR EAST HALF OF MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN HALF OF ILLINOIS... AT 327 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WAS JUST EAST OF SEDALIA MISSOURI. OTHER HEAVY RAIN WAS IN ST LOUIS CITY AND 25 MILES EAST NEAR HIGHLANG ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE JUST WEST OF CAIRO ILLINOIS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. DUE TO YESTERDAYS HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS AND THE ALREADY SATURATED SOIL ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. PERSONS LIVINGQ IN OR OWN PROPERTY NEAR THESE WATERWAYS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DYER
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:14 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
MOZ022-023-082200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 410 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 415 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ZONE 22 IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...CONTINUE WATCH FOR ZONE 23... THE STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. EISE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:49 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
MOZ012-082230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 440 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH ILLINOIS INCLUDING THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE EAST HALF OF MISSOURI AND SOUTH HALF OF ILLINOIS... AT 429 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI 30 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN STREETS AND LOW AREAS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS JUST NORTH OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM NORTH CENTRAL TO CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ILLINOIS. RADAR NOWCAST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT IN PARTS OF MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS. DUE TO THE ALREADY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS...SOME FLOODING MAY OCCUR WITH SOME OF THE STORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN. HUTSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 51 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.