Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1998, 10:01 PM CDT for Franklin County, Jefferson County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 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 29, 1998, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1998, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, MO, Jefferson County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 29, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 308 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
- 1641 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
547 WUUS1 KSTL 300302 RRA SVRSTL MOC071-099-300345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1001 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 1000 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF PACIFIC... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED... PACIFIC HOUSE SPRINGS DITTMER 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. RP/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
Local storm report, Jun 29, 6:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MISSOURI
656 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 AM RICHMOND HEIGHTS MO WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98 ST LOUIS LARGE TREES UPROOTED AND
SNAPPED IN HALFLocal storm report, Jun 29, 6:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MISSOURI
656 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 AM RICHMOND HEIGHTS MO WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98 ST LOUIS LARGE TREES UPROOTED AND
SNAPPED IN HALFSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 8:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
ILZ095>097-300500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 855 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS... THE TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN ILLINOIS. THE SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA...AND THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN ILLINOIS...ADAMS...BROWN...AND PIKE SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REGION...HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED AND NO MORE SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. TPS
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 8:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
ILZ095>097-300500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 855 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS... THE TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN ILLINOIS. THE SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA...AND THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN ILLINOIS...ADAMS...BROWN...AND PIKE SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REGION...HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED AND NO MORE SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. TPS
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 9:35 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-300630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 935 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI... THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI...SCOTLAND...CLARK...KNOX...LEWIS...SHELBY...AND MARION SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE REGION...HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED AND NO MORE SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EVENING...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. TPS
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 9:35 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
MOZ009-010-018-019-026-027-300630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 935 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI... THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI...SCOTLAND...CLARK...KNOX...LEWIS...SHELBY...AND MARION SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE REGION...HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED AND NO MORE SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EVENING...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. TPS
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Knox | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Shelby | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Warren | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 9:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Montgomery, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Audrain, Monroe, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway, Gasconade | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Boone | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.