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Tornado Warning 70, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 14, 1998Scotland County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1998, 2:57 PM CDT for Scotland County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1998, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Scotland County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDTHail 1.75Rutledge, MO
Jun 14, 3:20 PM CDTTornado F0Rutledge, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1998-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1998-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 2:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike36 min
Jun 14, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRalls46 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.