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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 279, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 28, 1998Knox County, Scotland County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1998, 11:40 PM CDT for Knox County, Scotland County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 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 28, 1998, 11:40 PM CDT (04:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1998, 12:25 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Knox County, MO, Scotland County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 197 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:39 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 28, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1998-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 324 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1998-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-307 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 290440 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC103-199-290525-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1140 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1225 AM CDT

* AT 1138 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDNIA MISSOURI...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  EDINA
  BARING
  GREENSBURG
  BIBLE GROVE
  RUTLEDGE


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 I(S ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

JPK/RP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe45 min
Jun 29, 12:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLewis4 hr
Jun 29, 5:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles, Warren48 min
Jun 29, 5:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis46 min
Jun 29, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClark48 min
Jun 29, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXScotland47 min
Jun 29, 4:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXClark, Scotland3 hr
Jun 29, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClark, Knox, Lewis, Scotland65 min
Jun 29, 4:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLewis3 hr
Jun 29, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClark51 min

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