Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1998, 6:17 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Warren County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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 14, 1998, 6:17 AM CDT (11:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1998, 7:05 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lincoln County, MO, Warren County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 6:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 | Truxton, MO | |
| Jun 14, 6:40 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 | Troy, 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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 1590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 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 141116 RRA SVRSTL MOC113-219-141205- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 617 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 705 AM CDT * AT 613 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR OLNEY TO MONTGOMERY CITY... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED... SILEX...HAWK POINT...WARRENTON...WRIGHT CITY...TROY...ELLSBERRY... AND WINFIELD. MONTGOMERY CITY REPORTED 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS WITH NUMEROUS TREES AND LIMBS DOWN BETWEEN 600 AND 610 AM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. MOVE QUICKLY TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WDB &
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 14, 6:08 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ009-010-018-019-026- 027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-141015- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 915 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST LOUIS. AREAS INCLUDED ARE PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST...CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA...GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GIRARD IN IN MACOUPIN COUNTY ILLINOIS TO JERSEYVILLE SOUTHWEST TO STEELVILLE IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST SOUTH AND EAST OF THAT LINE. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS GROUPS SHOULD STAY INFORMED ON WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTIVATION. THIS ADVISORY WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 1100 AM TODAY... WDB
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 5:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 7:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain | 15 min |
| Jun 14, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Ralls | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Scotland | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clark, Scotland | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clark | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 65 min |
| Jun 14, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lewis | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clark | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.