Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1998, 5:26 PM CST for Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri. It was in force for 49 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, 5:26 PM CST (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1998, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
204 WUUS1 KSTL 272331 SVRSTL MOC183-189-510-280015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION TO AREAS OF WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 526 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...EASTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY...ALL OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY AND THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF ...ST. LOUIS CITY AT 525 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI NEAR KAMPSVILLE...THROUGH ST PETERS...TO NEAR PACIFIC. THE LINE CONTINUED TO RACE EAST AT 50 PM. WINDS OF 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE CITY OF ST LOUIS FROM THIS LINE OF STORMS. SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED WITH THIS LINE AS IT PASSED THROUGH LINCOLN COUNTY. 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, 3 hours 26 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, 3 hours 26 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, 5:05 PM CST, 21 minutes before
MOZ041-047>051-059-280100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 505 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE THREAT OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED TO THE EAST OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BOONE...CALLAWAY...MONITEAU COLE...OSAGE...MONTGOMERY...AND GASCONADE COUNTIES. TPS
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:05 PM CST, 21 minutes before
MOZ041-047>051-059-280100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 505 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE THREAT OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED TO THE EAST OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BOONE...CALLAWAY...MONITEAU COLE...OSAGE...MONTGOMERY...AND GASCONADE COUNTIES. TPS
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, 4:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds, Washington | 48 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.