Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 16, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2007, 2:52 PM CDT for Crawford County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2007, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2007, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Crawford County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 1334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 241952 TORLSX MOC055-242030- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0016.070824T1952Z-070824T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 252 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUBA...OR ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF ROLLA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STEELVILLE... CUBA... LEASBURG... BOURBON... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3811 9154 3784 9153 3786 9112 3821 9114 $$ CARNEY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 242006 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 306 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 MOC055-242030- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070824T2030Z/ CRAWFORD MO- 306 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY... AT 302 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROAST...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF STEELVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...STEELVILLE...CUBA AND LEASBURG. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3811 9154 3784 9153 3786 9112 3821 9114 $$ CARNEY
000 WWUS53 KLSX 242029 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 328 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 MOC055-242038- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070824T2030Z/ CRAWFORD MO- 328 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 330 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM. LAT...LON 3811 9154 3784 9153 3786 9112 3821 9114 $$ CARNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 12:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 47 hr |
| Aug 24, 12:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 25 hr |
| Aug 24, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Warren | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 2:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 8 days |
| Aug 24, 2:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 32 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Louis | 39 min |
| Aug 24, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 26 min |
| Aug 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.