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Tornado Watch 887

November 10, 199837 counties in Illinois; 43 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 10, 1998, 1:15 AM CST for 37 counties in Illinois; 43 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 10, 1998, 1:15 AM CST (07:15 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 1998, 7:00 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 80 counties

Adams County, IL, Alexander County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clinton County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Mason County, IL, Menard County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Perry County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Union County, IL, Washington County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 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.

Warnings issued inside it

47 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 1:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln, Pike	49 min
Nov 10, 1:25 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Lincoln, Pike	50 min
Nov 10, 1:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Pike	48 min
Nov 10, 1:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	66 min
Nov 10, 1:52 AM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	38 min
Nov 10, 2:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Callaway, Osage	62 min
Nov 10, 2:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain	62 min
Nov 10, 2:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Menard	31 min
Nov 10, 2:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Gasconade, Montgomery	62 min
Nov 10, 2:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps, Texas	65 min
Nov 10, 2:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Ozark	65 min
Nov 10, 2:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	63 min
Nov 10, 3:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Franklin	65 min
Nov 10, 3:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion, Ralls	65 min
Nov 10, 3:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln, Pike	65 min
Nov 10, 3:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Warren	65 min
Nov 10, 3:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	64 min
Nov 10, 3:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown, Pike	62 min
Nov 10, 3:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell	47 min
Nov 10, 3:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	63 min
Nov 10, 3:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Schuyler	36 min
Nov 10, 3:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Scott	36 min
Nov 10, 3:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun	61 min
Nov 10, 3:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	61 min
Nov 10, 3:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	61 min
Nov 10, 3:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Greene, Jersey	65 min
Nov 10, 3:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carter	25 min
Nov 10, 4:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	45 min
Nov 10, 4:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler	45 min
Nov 10, 4:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	30 min
Nov 10, 4:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Madison	65 min
Nov 10, 4:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Saint Clair	65 min
Nov 10, 4:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carter, Ripley	47 min
Nov 10, 4:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	45 min
Nov 10, 4:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Menard, Sangamon	41 min
Nov 10, 4:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason, Tazewell	41 min
Nov 10, 4:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Montgomery	62 min
Nov 10, 4:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler	45 min
Nov 10, 4:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan	52 min
Nov 10, 4:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	52 min
Nov 10, 5:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger	36 min
Nov 10, 5:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette	63 min
Nov 10, 5:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	45 min
Nov 10, 5:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Shelby	44 min
Nov 10, 5:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean	44 min
Nov 10, 5:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau	31 min
Nov 10, 5:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Moultrie, Piatt	42 min

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 281 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

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

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 4:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Boone, Bureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford and 26 more	5 hr
Nov 10, 6:00 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 20 more	5 hr
Nov 9, 11:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar and 25 more	5 hr
Nov 10, 1:45 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Dunklin, Pemiscot	6 hr
Nov 10, 6:15 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Pemiscot	5 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.