Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 43, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2008, 8:27 PM CDT for Macon County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 2008, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Macon County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:29 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 4 Nw Atlanta, MO | |
| Jul 27, 8:29 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Nw Atlanta, MO | |
| Jul 27, 8:55 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Excello, MO | A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR EXCELLO ON HIGHWAY 63. |
| Jul 27, 9:07 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Macon, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 566 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1193 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KEAX 280127
TOREAX
MOC121-280200-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0043.080728T0127Z-080728T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
827 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...AS WELL
AS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 70 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATLANTA...OR 8 MILES SOUTH
OF LA PLATA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MACON BY 850 PM CDT.
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 3984 9230 3961 9230 3961 9248 3994 9265
4002 9246
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 329DEG 22KT 3989 9250
$$
BOOKBINDER2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KEAX 280141
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
841 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
MOC121-280200-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-080728T0200Z/
MACON MO-
841 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MACON COUNTY UNTIL
900 PM CDT...
AT 838 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO
AREAS OF STRONG ROTATION...JUST NORTH OF MACON...AND NEAR ATLANTA.
THIS LARGE AND DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
PERSONS IN ATLANTA AND MACON SHOULD BE IN SAFE SHELTER NOW GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS GREATER THAN 70 MPH WILL ALSO
ACCOMPANY THIS SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR STORM
SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF
NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
ANY TORNADO IS LIKELY OBSCURED BY RAIN AND MAY NOT BE VISIBLE. TAKE
COVER IN SAFE SHELTER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT
MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
LAT...LON 3984 9230 3961 9230 3961 9248 3994 9265
4002 9246
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 334DEG 29KT 3978 9244
$$
BOOKBINDER000
WWUS53 KEAX 280204
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
903 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
MOC121-280213-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-080728T0200Z/
MACON MO-
903 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MACON COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
AT 858 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHERN
MACON COUNTY. A TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THAT LOCATION UNTIL
945 PM.
SOME HAIL MAY FALL FROM MACON TO LA PLATA...HOWEVER TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL QUICKLY BECOME THE PRIMARY THREAT
OVER THIS REGION THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
LAT...LON 3984 9230 3961 9230 3961 9248 3994 9265
4002 9246
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 334DEG 29KT 3978 9244
$$
BOOKBINDERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Sullivan | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Putnam | 15 min |
| Jul 27, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Macon | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 8:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan | 12 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler | 41 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Schuyler | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Macon, Randolph | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Macon, Randolph | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 9:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Macon | 12 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Putnam, Schuyler | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Randolph | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 11:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Randolph | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Saline | 5 days |
| Jul 28, 4:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 6 days |
| Jul 28, 6:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 22 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Chariton, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Mercer and 4 more | 24 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.