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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 4, 1998Montgomery County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1998, 8:29 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1998, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1998, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 8:36 PM CDTHail 1.75Montgomery City, MO

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 280 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1998-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1998-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 050129 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC139-050200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
829 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY MISSOURI IN EASTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FIVE SOUTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY CITY...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  MONTGOMERY CITY
  BUELL
  BELLFLOWER

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...DAMAGING HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OR YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

TRUETT/METZE

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Warren32 min
Jun 4, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln33 min
Jun 4, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade33 min
Jun 5, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.