Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1998, 10:04 PM CST for Madison County, Missouri. It was in force for 26 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, 10:04 PM CST (04:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1998, 10:30 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 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 nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 297 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
- 764 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
683 WUUS1 KSTL 280403 RRA SVRSTL MOC123-280430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1004 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ...EASTERN MADISON COUNTY AT 1000 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CENTRAL MADISON MOVING AT 45 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MILL CREEK..FREDERICKTOWN...AND JUNCTION CITY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. RP/DM
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, 7:15 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-099>102-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 715 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... THE THREAT OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS 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 GREENE...JERSEY... MADISON...ST CLAIR...MONROE...RANDOLPH...MACOUPIN...MONTGOMERY... BOND...CLINTON...WASHINGTON...FAYETTE...AND MARION COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS. TPS
Local storm report, Mar 27, 8:07 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MISSOURI
807 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0355 PM COLUMBIA MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 BOONE BARN ROOF BLOWN OFF
0400 PM COLUMBIA MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 BOONE MOBILE HOME AND CARPORT
DAMAGED AND SEVERAL SHEDS
DESTROYED SOUTH OF
COLUMBIA. 50 FT TREE
UPROOTED SOUTH SIDE OF
COLUMBIA.
0401 PM FREEBURG MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 OSAGE TANDEM WHEEL TRAILER WITH
BOAT BLOWN 30 FEET.
CAMPER BLOWN NFF PICKUP
TRUCK.
0420 PM BLAND MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 GASCONADE TREES DOWN
0420 PM CENTRALIA MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 BOONE LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS HWY
CC WEST OF CENTRALIA
0440 PM MONROE CITY MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 MONROE 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN
0443 PM BELLFLOWER MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 MONTGOMERY 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN
0445 PM FARBER MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 AUDRAIN WINDOW BLOWN OUT
0450 PM MEXICO MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 AUDRAIN ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN 5
MILES EAST OF MEXICO
0450 PM MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN WESTERN
FRANKLIN COUNTY
0450 PM WARRENTON MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 WARREN TREES DOWN
0450 PM MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 AUDRAIN TREES DOWN NORTHWEST
AUDRAIN COUNTY ALONG
HIGHWAY 151
0505 PM BOWLING GREEN MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 PIKE MOTEL ROOF DAMAGED
0515 PM LAKE ST LOUIS MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 ST CHARLES POWER POLE SNAPPED OFF
0520 PM MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 ST CHARLES NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0523 PM MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 LINCOLN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF POWER
LINES AND POLES DOWN
0525 PM ST CHARLES MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 ST CHARLES ELM ST AND HWY 370 TREES
AND HIGHWAY SIGNS BLOWN
DOWN. WINDSHIELDS SMASHED
NN SEVERAL VEHICLES.
0536 PM HARDIN IL WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 CALHNUN LARGE TREE DOWN
0547 PM TIMEWELL IL WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 BROWN SEMI TRUCK FLIPPED OVER BY
WIND ON US24
0550 PM IL WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 JERSEY NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
AND LIMBS UPTO 8 INCHES IN
DIAMETER BLOWN DOWN AND
POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN.
0615 PM DOW IL 62 MPH TSTM GUST
03/27/98 JERSEY 6 TO 8 INCH DIAMETER TREES
DOWN
0647 PM TIMEWELL IL WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 BROWN SEMI TRUCK FLIPPED NVER BY
WIND ON US24Local storm report, Mar 27, 8:07 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MISSOURI
807 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0355 PM COLUMBIA MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 BOONE BARN ROOF BLOWN OFF
0400 PM COLUMBIA MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 BOONE MOBILE HOME AND CARPORT
DAMAGED AND SEVERAL SHEDS
DESTROYED SOUTH OF
COLUMBIA. 50 FT TREE
UPROOTED SOUTH SIDE OF
COLUMBIA.
0401 PM FREEBURG MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 OSAGE TANDEM WHEEL TRAILER WITH
BOAT BLOWN 30 FEET.
CAMPER BLOWN NFF PICKUP
TRUCK.
0420 PM BLAND MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 GASCONADE TREES DOWN
0420 PM CENTRALIA MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 BOONE LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS HWY
CC WEST OF CENTRALIA
0440 PM MONROE CITY MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 MONROE 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN
0443 PM BELLFLOWER MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 MONTGOMERY 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN
0445 PM FARBER MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 AUDRAIN WINDOW BLOWN OUT
0450 PM MEXICO MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 AUDRAIN ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN 5
MILES EAST OF MEXICO
0450 PM MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN WESTERN
FRANKLIN COUNTY
0450 PM WARRENTON MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 WARREN TREES DOWN
0450 PM MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 AUDRAIN TREES DOWN NORTHWEST
AUDRAIN COUNTY ALONG
HIGHWAY 151
0505 PM BOWLING GREEN MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 PIKE MOTEL ROOF DAMAGED
0515 PM LAKE ST LOUIS MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 ST CHARLES POWER POLE SNAPPED OFF
0520 PM MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 ST CHARLES NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0523 PM MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 LINCOLN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF POWER
LINES AND POLES DOWN
0525 PM ST CHARLES MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 ST CHARLES ELM ST AND HWY 370 TREES
AND HIGHWAY SIGNS BLOWN
DOWN. WINDSHIELDS SMASHED
NN SEVERAL VEHICLES.
0536 PM HARDIN IL WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 CALHNUN LARGE TREE DOWN
0547 PM TIMEWELL IL WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 BROWN SEMI TRUCK FLIPPED OVER BY
WIND ON US24
0550 PM IL WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 JERSEY NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
AND LIMBS UPTO 8 INCHES IN
DIAMETER BLOWN DOWN AND
POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN.
0615 PM DOW IL 62 MPH TSTM GUST
03/27/98 JERSEY 6 TO 8 INCH DIAMETER TREES
DOWN
0647 PM TIMEWELL IL WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 BROWN SEMI TRUCK FLIPPED NVER BY
WIND ON US24Special weather statement, Mar 27, 8:30 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
ILZ065-070-280530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 830 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FAYETTE AND MARION COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS UNTIL 100 AM CST... SHOWERS WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING ALONG WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS...THEREFORE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 100 AM. TPS
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 8:30 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
ILZ065-070-280530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 830 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FAYETTE AND MARION COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS UNTIL 100 AM CST... SHOWERS WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING ALONG WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS...THEREFORE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 100 AM. TPS
Local storm report, Mar 27, 9:06 PM CST, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION AND ADDITIONAL INFO...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MISSOURI
902 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0355 PM COLUMBIA MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 BOONE BARN ROOF BLOWN OFF
0400 PM COLUMBIA MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 BOONE MOBILE HOME AND CARPORT
DAMAGED AND SEVERAL SHEDS
DESTROYED SOUTH OF
COLUMBIA. 50 FT TREE
UPROOTED SOUTH SIDE OF
COLUMBIA.
0401 PM FREEBURG MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 OSAGE TANDEM WHEEL TRAILER WITH
BOAT BLOWN 30 FEET.
CAMPER BLOWN OFF PICKUP
TRUCK.
0420 PM BLAND MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 GASCONADE TREES DOWN
0420 PM CENTRALIA MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 BOONE LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS HWY
CC WEST OF CENTRALIA
0430 PM MONROE CITY MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 MONROE ROOFS DAMAGED, GARAGE
OVERTURNED, LARGE TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWNED
0440 PM MONROE CITY MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 MONROE 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN
0443 PM BELLFLOWER MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 MONTGOMERY 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN
0445 PM FARBER MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 AUDRAIN WINDOW BLOWN OUT
0450 PM MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN WESTERN
FRANKLIN COUNTY
0450 PM WARRENTON MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 WARREN TREES DOWN
0450 PM MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 AUDRAIN TREES DOWN NORTHWEST
AUDRAIN COUNTY ALONG
HIGHWAY 151
0450 PM MONROE CITY MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 MONROE 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN
0450 PM MEXICO MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 AUDRAIN ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN 5
MILES EAST OF MEXICO
0458 PM WARRENTON MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 WARREN TREES DOWN
0505 PM BOWLING GREEN MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 PIKE MOTEL ROOF DAMAGED
0515 PM LAKE ST LOUIS MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 ST CHARLES POWER POLE SNAPPED OFF
0520 PM MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 ST CHARLES NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0523 PM MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 LINCOLN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF POWER
LINES AND POLES DOWN
0525 PM ST CHARLES MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 ST CHARLES ELM ST AND HWY 370 TREES
AND HIGHWAY SIGNS BLOWN
DOWN. WINDSHIELDS SMASHED
ON SEVERAL VEHICLES.
0525 PM MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 ST LOUIS ROOF BLOWN OFF INDUSTRIAL
BUILDING NEAR SPIRIT
AIRPORT
0525 PM MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 ST LOUIS TREES DOWN ALONG
I64/HIGHWAY 40 JUST EAST
OF BOONE BRIDGE
0535 PM MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 AUDRAIN TREE DOWN ACROSS NORTHWEST
AUDRAIN CO. ON HWY 151
0536 PM HARDIN IL WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 CALHOUN LARGE TREE DOWN
0540 PM MT STERLING IL 65 MPH TSTM GUST
03/27/98 BROWN 60-70 MPH WINDS
0545 PM FARBER MO WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 AUDRAIN WINDOW BLOWN OUT.
0547 PM TIMEWELL IL WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 BROWN SEMI TRUCK FLIPPED OVER BY
WIND ON US24
0550 PM IL WIND DAMAGE
03/27/98 JERSEY NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
AND LIMBS UPTO 8 INCHES IN
DIAMETER BLOWN DOWN AND
POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN.
0615 PM DOW IL 62 MPH TSTM GUST
03/27/98 JERSEY 6 TO 8 INCH DIAMETER TREES
DOWNThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 12:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Osage | 27 min |
| Mar 28, 1:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Warren | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 1:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 39 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.