Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1998, 11:22 PM CDT for Franklin County, Gasconade County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 4, 1998, 11:22 PM CDT (04:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1998, 11:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 278 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
- 185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 438 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
196 WUUS1 KSTL 050423 RRA SVRSTL MOC071-073-050455- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1122 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN GASCONADE COUNTY IN EASTERN MISSOURI * UNTIL 1155 PM CDT * AT 1120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF OWENSVILLE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED... GIRALD UNION WASHINGTON THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DAMAGING HAIL. LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE AN SERIOUS INJURY TO PEOPLE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. METZE
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, Jun 4, 9:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
ILZ058-059-079-098>102-MOZ036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-050230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 900 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 505 HAS EXPIRED... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 505... MISSOURI... AUDRAIN BOONE CALLAWAY MONITEAU COLE OSAGE MONTGOMERY LINCOLN WARREN ST CHARLES ST LOUIS FRANKLIN ST LOUIS CITY GASCONADE JEFFERSON CRAWFORD WASHINGTON ST FRANCOIS STE GENEVIEVE ILLINOIS... GREENE CALHOUN MACOUPIN MADISON ST CLAIR MONROE RANDOLPH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS DURING THE NIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INCLUDING ADJACENT SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS COUNTIES. METZE
Local storm report, Jun 4, 10:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MISSOURI
1014 PM CDT THU JUN 04 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0836 PM MONTGOMERY CITY MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 MONTGOMERY
0840 PM WHITE HALL IL .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 GREENE
0900 PM BOWLING GREEN MO .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 PIKE
0916 PM PLEASANT HILL IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 PIKELocal storm report, Jun 4, 10:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MISSOURI
1014 PM CDT THU JUN 04 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0836 PM MONTGOMERY CITY MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 MONTGOMERY
0840 PM WHITE HALL IL .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 GREENE
0900 PM BOWLING GREEN MO .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 PIKE
0916 PM PLEASANT HILL IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 PIKEThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Warren | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 32 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.