Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 317, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1998, 4:17 PM CDT for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 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
- Jul 30, 1998, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1998, 5:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Reynolds County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 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
- 197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
653 WUUS1 KSTL 302118 RRA SVRSTL MOC179-302205- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 417 PM CDT THU JUL 30 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI * UNTIL 505 PM CDT * AT 417 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF CENTERVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED... LESTERVILLE CENTERVILLE 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. FG/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, Jul 30, 11:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 2 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>075-084-085-099-311100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1115 AM CDT THU JUL 30 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. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ENDING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS FOR THE TIME BEING. THEY WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS TONIGHT...HOWEVER THESE WILL CAUSE HEAVY RAINS...AND NOT SEVERE WEATHER. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. PEDIGO
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 11:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 2 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>075-084-085-099-311100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1115 AM CDT THU JUL 30 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. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ENDING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS FOR THE TIME BEING. THEY WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS TONIGHT...HOWEVER THESE WILL CAUSE HEAVY RAINS...AND NOT SEVERE WEATHER. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. PEDIGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 6:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 10:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 10:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 10:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin | 8 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.