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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 332, NWS St. Louis, MO

November 10, 1998Osage County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 12:29 AM CST for Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 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
Nov 10, 1998, 12:29 AM CST (06:29 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1998, 1:20 AM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Osage County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:31 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
Nov 9, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 1998-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1998-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 505 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-341 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
505 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
565 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

701 
WUUS1 KSTL 100632 RRA
SVRSTL
MOC151-100720-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1229 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 120 AM CST

* AT 1227 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF META... MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED...
  META
  WESTPHALIA
  LINN

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. MOVE QUICKLY TO A
STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS.

FG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 12:47 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXOsage48 min
Nov 10, 1:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery49 min
Nov 10, 1:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike49 min
Nov 10, 1:25 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXLincoln, Pike50 min
Nov 10, 1:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Cole, Moniteau65 min
Nov 10, 2:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Osage62 min
Nov 10, 2:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain62 min
Nov 10, 2:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGasconade, Montgomery62 min
Nov 10, 2:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike63 min
Nov 10, 3:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin65 min
Nov 10, 3:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Ralls65 min
Nov 10, 3:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike65 min
Nov 10, 3:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWarren65 min
Nov 10, 3:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis61 min
Nov 10, 3:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington61 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.