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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 28, 1998Greene County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1998, 2:14 AM CST for Greene County, Illinois. It was in force for 16 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, 2:14 AM CST (08:14 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 1998, 2:30 AM CST
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Whole counties

County Greene County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 28, 1:45 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 280813 RRA
SVRSTL
ILC061-280830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
214 AM CST SAT MAR 28 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
 
   ...GREENE COUNTY
 
AT 208 AM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CARROLLTON. GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL IN CARROLLTON.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF
HAIL AROUND ONE INCH DIAMETER.
 
COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH ARE CARROLLTON...WRIGHTS...BERDAN...
GREENFIELD.
 
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING HAIL. 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, 5 hours 44 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, 5 hours 44 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, 5 hours 8 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
                                          DOWN

Special weather statement, Mar 27, 11:35 PM CST, 2 hours 39 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, 2 hours 39 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, 1 hour 48 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, 6:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Montgomery	51 min
Mar 27, 8:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph	28 min
Mar 27, 10:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Randolph	29 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.