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Tornado Warning 69, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 14, 1998Pike County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1998, 2:29 PM CDT for Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 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
Jun 14, 1998, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1998, 3:05 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Pike County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDTTornado F0Curryville, MO

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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 237 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1998-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1998-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1254 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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.

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 141929 RRA
TORSTL
MOC163-142005-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
229 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PIKE COUNTY MISSOURI IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 305 PM CDT

* AT AT 230 PM... SEVERE STORM SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO 5
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF CURRYVILLE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  BOWLING GREEN

STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED NEAR VANDALIA

A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND! IN YOU ARE IN THE PATH...MOVE
IMMEDIATELY TO A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE NOW FOR PROTECTION. A
BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST SHELTER. YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF THOSE
AROUND YOU MAY DEPEND ON YOUR ACTIONS.

AMS/DF


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 3:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe32 min
Jun 14, 4:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway49 min
Jun 14, 5:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery31 min
Jun 14, 6:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Warren48 min
Jun 14, 7:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles47 min
Jun 14, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAudrain15 min
Jun 14, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox32 min
Jun 14, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRalls46 min
Jun 14, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXScotland33 min
Jun 14, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXClark, Scotland38 min
Jun 14, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike35 min
Jun 14, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXClark46 min
Jun 14, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike65 min
Jun 14, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXLewis50 min
Jun 14, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion52 min
Jun 14, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXClark31 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.