Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1990, 8:52 PM CDT for Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri. It was in force for 53 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
- Jun 22, 1990, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1990, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 9:13 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | St. Louis, 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 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 230157
SVRSTL
MOC189-510-230245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
852 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
...ST LOUIS...ST LOUIS CITY
AT 850 PM CDT...THE WIND GUSTED TO 60 MPH AT LAMBERT FIELD.
THE THUNDERSTSORMS PRODUCING THE GUSTY WINDS IN THE ST LOUIS
AREA WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TJO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.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, Jun 22, 5:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
MOZ011-012-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 534 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS IN THE ST LOUIS AREA MAY PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL... UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE IS RESULTING IN WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS OVER MUCH OF THE MID AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. A COUPLE OF THESE WILL MOVE OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS BETWEEN 6 AN D 8 PM. SMALL HAIL IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY WHERE THESE SHOWERS PASS. BECAUSE THESE SHOWERS ARE SO SCATTERED...MANY LOCATIONS WILL REMAIN DRY. TUCKER
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
MOZ003-006-007-011-012-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 640 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...SOME STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 630 PM...A DEPUTY SHERIFF ENCOUNTERED PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 50 MPH IN CANTON...MISSOURI. CANTON IS IN LEWIS COUNTY...ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF HANNIBAL. A TREE WAS DOWNED BY THIS STORM. THIS WAS PART OF A SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THEY WILL PASS THROUGH THE QUINCY...HANNIBAL AREA AND ADJACENT COUNTIES OF MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE mLIKELY WHERE THESE SCATTERED STORMS PASS. THE STORMS ARE CAUSED BY SOME UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR BETWEEN 15 AND 20 THOUSAND FEET. TUCKER
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
MOZ006-010-230140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 735 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 730PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY SHOWERS... IN AN AREA ABOUT 50 MILES IN DIAMETER CENTERED 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY SHOWERS WERE IN A NARROW LINE ON THE SOUTH END OF THIS AREA...EXTENDING FROM HARRISBURG...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA...THROUGH CLARK TO MEXICO...ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY BUT BRIEF SHOWERS ALONG WITH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALLAWAY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI BY 800PM CDT.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:16 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
MOZ011-012-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 815 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR LINCOLN COUNTY MISSOURI... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED FOR RALLS AND PIKE COUNTY MISSOURI... AT 815 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF TROY IN LINCOLN COUNTY...WITH ANOTHER STRONG STORM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF CARROLLTON IN GREENE COUNTY ILLINOIS. TROY IS ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. PERSONS IN TROY AND MOSCOW CITY IN LINCOLN COUNTY MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 830 PM THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:18 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
MOZ006-009-010-011-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 805 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY SHOWERS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 800PM CDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY SHOWERS IN A LINE ABOUT 10 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM HUGHESVILLE...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF SEDALIA..TO HIGBEE ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA...AND FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA TO MONTGOMERY CITY. OFFICIALS IN MONTGOMERY CITY REPORTED WINDS GUSTING AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR AND VERY HEAVY SHOWERS SHORTLY BEFORE 8PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR PRODUCING BRIEF DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS UNTIL DIMINISHING... PROBABLY BEFORE 10PM CDT.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:44 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
MOZ011-012-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 840 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 835 PM CDT...THE WIND GUSTED TO NEAR 50 MPH AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST PETERS IN ST CHARLES COUNTY. REPORTS OF WIND GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM COTTLEVILLE AND WENTZVILLE IN ST CHARLES COUNTY. THE THUNDERS1TORMS PRODUCING THE GUSTY WIND WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. PERSONS IN THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS UNTIL 930 PM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike, Ralls | 57 min |
| Jun 22, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.