Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 28, 1997Crawford County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1997, 2:37 PM CDT for Crawford County, Missouri. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1997, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1997, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 251 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1997-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2010 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1997-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2010 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 281939 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC055-282030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
237 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
 
AT 235 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST
CRAWFORD COUNTY...NEAR COOKS STATION.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
 
THE TOWNS OF COOKS STATION AND CHERRYVILE ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BOATERS ON THE
MERAMEC RIVER SHOULD MOVE OFF OF THE WATER.
 
AMS

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 28, 11:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ009-010-018-019-026-
027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-290600-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1130 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997

THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST LOUIS.  AREAS INCLUDED ARE PARTS OF
CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST
ILLINOIS.

SCATTERED THUND6ERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.  THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE
STORMS.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ009-010-018-019-026-
027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-290600-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1130 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997

THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST LOUIS.  AREAS INCLUDED ARE PARTS OF
CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST
ILLINOIS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.  THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE
STORMS.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.