Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

Jun 18, 1998, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)

Expired

Jun 18, 1998, 5:10 PM CDT

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS St. Louis, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Knox County, MO, Scotland County, MO

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 197 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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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MOC103-199-182210-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
406 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI
  SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 510 PM CDT

* AT 404 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN SCHUYLER TO EASTERN
  ADAIR COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF MEMPHIS TO 10 MILES WEST
  OF EDINA...MOVING EAST- NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  MEMPHIS
  EDINA
  HITT
  HURDLAND
  BIBLE GROVE

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.

GLASS/TRUETT

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>075-084-085-099-191100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
11 AM CDT THU JUN 18 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.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS MISSOURI TONIGHT.  AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...
A WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS WILL HELP FUEL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS
THE AREA.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY
WARNING AREA WITH THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WORK

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>075-084-085-099-191100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
11 AM CDT THU JUN 18 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.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS MISSOURI TONIGHT.  AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...
A WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS WILL HELP FUEL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS
THE AREA.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY
WARNING AREA WITH THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WORK

Severe 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.