Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 1998, 3:44 PM CDT for Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 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
- Apr 13, 1998, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 1998, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 4:20 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Perry, IL |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
972 WUUS1 KSTL 132045 RRA SVRSTL ILC149-132130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 344 PM CDT MON APR 13 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY AT 345 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR KINGSTON MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE FISHHOOK...PERRY AND CHAMBERSBURG. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DLF/FG
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, Apr 13, 10:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 4 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>075-084-085-099-132145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1040 AM CDT MON APR 13 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. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE REGION AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS MISSOURI. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST M4ISSOURI. BECHTOLD
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 10:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 4 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>075-084-085-099-132145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1040 AM CDT MON APR 13 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. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE REGION AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS MISSOURI. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST M4ISSOURI. BECHTOLD
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 54 min |
| Apr 13, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 63 min |
| Apr 13, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 41 min |
| Apr 13, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 63 min |
| Apr 13, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond | 65 min |
| Apr 13, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Washington | 62 min |
| Apr 13, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 68 min |
Nearby
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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.