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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 19, 1998Reynolds County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 10:30 PM CDT for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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 19, 1998, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1998, 11:20 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Reynolds County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 11:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 51Ellington, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1998-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2710 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1998-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2710 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
13.6

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The text

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

756 
WUUS1 KSTL 200329 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC179-200420-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1030 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1120 PM CDT

* AT 1029 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHEAST OF ROUND SPRING... MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  REYNOLDS
  CENTERVILLE
  ELLINGTON



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.



DM/DLF

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade, Osage61 min
Jun 19, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Warren62 min
Jun 19, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis61 min
Jun 20, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Osage62 min
Jun 20, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau62 min
Jun 20, 3:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis51 min
Jun 20, 4:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Madison46 min
Jun 20, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau45 min
Jun 20, 12:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMoniteau2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.