Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

Jun 14, 1998, 7:13 AM CDT (12:13 UTC)

Expired

Jun 14, 1998, 8:00 AM CDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS St. Louis, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Madison County, IL, Saint Charles County, MO

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:12 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.

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.

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TTAA00 KSTL 141213 RRA
SVRSTL
ILC119-MOC183-141300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
713 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MADISON COUNTY ILLINOIS IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS
  EASTERN ST CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 710 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF ST CHARLES... MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  PORTAGE DES SIOUX...ORCHARD FARM...ALTON...AND WORDEN ILLINOIS

60 MPH WINDS NORTHERN ST CHARLES COUNTY

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 VTHE ROAD.


WDB


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In the hours 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.