Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1998, 6:39 PM CST for Bond County, Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 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, 6:39 PM CST (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1998, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bond County, IL, Montgomery County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
621 WUUS1 KSTL 280038 RRA SVRSTL ILC135-005-280130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 639 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...BOND COUNTY AT 638 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR FARMERSVILLE...TO NEAR HIGHLAND. THE LINE HAS REINTENSIFIED...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE GREENVILLE...RAYMOND...AND HILLSBORO. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. 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, 5:05 PM CST, 1 hour 34 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, 1 hour 34 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, 5:45 PM CST, 54 minutes before
MOZ036-052-060-062-072-073-084-099-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 545 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF EASTERN MISSOURI... THE THREAT OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED TO THE EAST OF THE REGION...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PIKE...LINCOLN...WARREN... FARNKLIN...CRAWFORD...WASHINGTON...IRON...AND REYNOLDS COUNTIES. TPS
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:45 PM CST, 54 minutes before
MOZ036-052-060-062-072-073-084-099-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 545 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF EASTERN MISSOURI... THE THREAT OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED TO THE EAST OF THE REGION...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PIKE...LINCOLN...WARREN... FARNKLIN...CRAWFORD...WASHINGTON...IRON...AND REYNOLDS COUNTIES. TPS
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 6:15 PM CST, 24 minutes before
ILZ098-MOZ061-063>065-074-075-085-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 615 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF EASTERN MISSOURI... THE THREAT OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED TO THE EAST OF THE REGION...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS... JEFFERSON...ST FRANCOIS...STE GENEVIEVE...AND MADISON COUNTIES IN MISSOURI ALONG WITH ST LOUIS CITY AND CALHOUN COUNTY ILLINOIS. TPS
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 6:15 PM CST, 24 minutes before
ILZ098-MOZ061-063>065-074-075-085-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 615 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF EASTERN MISSOURI... THE THREAT OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED TO THE EAST OF THE REGION...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS... JEFFERSON...ST FRANCOIS...STE GENEVIEVE...AND MADISON COUNTIES IN MISSOURI ALONG WITH ST LOUIS CITY AND CALHOUN COUNTY ILLINOIS. TPS
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 8:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 10:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 29 min |
| Mar 28, 2:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 16 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 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.