Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 1998, 9:21 AM CDT for Macoupin County, Illinois. It was in force for 64 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
- May 20, 1998, 9:21 AM CDT (14:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 1998, 10:25 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Macoupin County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 618 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
008 WUUS1 KSTL 201423 RRA SVRSTL ILC117-201525- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 921 AM CDT WED MAY 20 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1025 AM CDT * AT 920 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF PALMYRA... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED... PALMYRA...OTTER LAKE...AND GIRARD THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DAMAGING HAIL. LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE AN SERIOUS INJURY TO PEOPLE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. TPS
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 20, 6:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 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>075-084-085-099-201700- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 600 AM CDT WED MAY 20 1998 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST LOUIS. AREAS INCLUDED ARE PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST...CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL... EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EAST THIS MORNING BRINGING A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDER- STORMS TO NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY MID-MORNING. FURTHER SOUTH THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI IS FORECAST TO DROP SOUTH TO NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER BY THIS EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL HELP SET OFF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTIVATION. FERRY
Special weather statement, May 20, 6:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 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>075-084-085-099-201700- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 600 AM CDT WED MAY 20 1998 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST LOUIS. AREAS INCLUDED ARE PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST...CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL... EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EAST THIS MORNING BRINGING A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDER- STORMS TO NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY MID-MORNING. FURTHER SOUTH THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI IS FORECAST TO DROP SOUTH TO NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER BY THIS EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL HELP SET OFF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTIVATION. FERRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 8:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 33 min |
| May 20, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 47 min |
| May 20, 9:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.