Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1998, 4:04 PM CDT for Randolph County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 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 14, 1998, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1998, 5:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 1254 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
511 WUUS1 KSTL 142103 RRA SVRSTL ILC157-142205- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 404 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS * UNTIL 505 PM CDT * AT AT 402 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF STE. GENEVIEVE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED... STEELEVILLE SPARTA 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 THE ROAD. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. AMS/DF
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, 10:20 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
ILZ060-064-065-069-070-074-079-141715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1020 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ILLINOIS...MONTGOMERY...BOND...CLINTON...WASHINGTON...RANDOLPH... FAYETTE...AND MARION ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED AND NO MORE SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TPS
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 10:20 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
ILZ060-064-065-069-070-074-079-141715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1020 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ILLINOIS...MONTGOMERY...BOND...CLINTON...WASHINGTON...RANDOLPH... FAYETTE...AND MARION ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED AND NO MORE SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TPS
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 19 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>075-084-085-099-150200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1145 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 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. AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. VERY UNSTABLE AND MOIST AIR WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TO THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...IT WILL PULL THIS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN MISSOURI. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND EASTERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AREA IS EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CENTERVILLE IN REYNOLDS COUNTY TO TROY IN LINCOLN COUNTY TO EDWARDSVILLE IN MADISON COUNTY ILLINOIS TO NASHVILLE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY ILLINOIS. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE ENTIRE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD STAY INFORMED ON WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AS SKYWARN ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TPS
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 19 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>075-084-085-099-150200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1145 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 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. AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. VERY UNSTABLE AND MOIST AIR WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TO THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...IT WILL PULL THIS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN MISSOURI. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND EASTERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AREA IS EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CENTERVILLE IN REYNOLDS COUNTY TO TROY IN LINCOLN COUNTY TO EDWARDSVILLE IN MADISON COUNTY ILLINOIS TO NASHVILLE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY ILLINOIS. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE ENTIRE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD STAY INFORMED ON WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AS SKYWARN ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TPS
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 6:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 7:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jersey | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 7:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton | 66 min |
| Jun 14, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 66 min |
| Jun 14, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 65 min |
| Jun 14, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin, Madison | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 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.