Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1998, 4:57 PM CST for Iron County, Reynolds County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 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
- Mar 27, 1998, 4:57 PM CST (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1998, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Iron County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1093 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 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 272257 RRA SVRSTL MOC221-093-179-272345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 457 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ...IRON COUNTY...REYNOLDS COUNTY THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF A PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. AT 455 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SULLIVAN TO NEAR BUNKER...IN WESTERN REYNOLDS COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE CENTERVILLE....POTOSI...AND IRONTON. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK INSIDE SHELTER NOW! REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK INSIDE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TRUETT/RP
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, Mar 27, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours 57 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>075-084-085-099-280255- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 200 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE ST LOUIS OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THIS INCLUDES PARTS OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND ADJACENT AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTIVATION. TRUETT
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours 57 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>075-084-085-099-280255- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 200 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE ST LOUIS OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THIS INCLUDES PARTS OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND ADJACENT AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTIVATION. TRUETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 3:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 3:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Osage | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 4:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Washington | 58 min |
| Mar 27, 4:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 58 min |
| Mar 27, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery, Warren | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | City of Saint Louis | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 4:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.