Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1998, 12:33 AM CST for Callaway County, Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 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 28, 1998, 12:33 AM CST (06:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1998, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Callaway County, MO, Osage County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:36 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 1740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 280633 RRA SVRSTL MOC027-151-280700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1233 AM CST SAT MAR 28 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTY...NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY AT 1225 AM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINN IN OSAGE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH ARE CHAMOIS AND PORTLAND. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AS/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, 8:30 PM CST, 4 hours 3 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, 4 hours 3 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, 3 hours 27 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
DOWNSpecial weather statement, Mar 27, 11:35 PM CST, 58 minutes before
ILZ074-280630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1135 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 AT 1130 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WASHINGTON COUNTY ILLINOIS. THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IN NASHVILLE ILLINOIS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AROUND 1125 PM. PERSONS IN RICHVIEW...HOYLETON AND ASHLEY CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 1135 PM AND 1145 PM. TPS
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 11:35 PM CST, 58 minutes before
ILZ074-280630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1135 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 AT 1130 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WASHINGTON COUNTY ILLINOIS. THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IN NASHVILLE ILLINOIS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AROUND 1125 PM. PERSONS IN RICHVIEW...HOYLETON AND ASHLEY CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 1135 PM AND 1145 PM. TPS
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 12:26 AM CST, 7 minutes before
ILZ065-070-280830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1226 AM CST SAT MAR 28 1998 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR FAYETTE AND MARION COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE REGION...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT...BUT THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. PEDIGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 10:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 26 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.