Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2008, 6:29 PM CDT for Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri; Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 2, 2008, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2008, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pike County, IL, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Center, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 1002 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1420 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KLSX 022329
SVRLSX
ILC149-MOC163-173-030015-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0252.080602T2329Z-080603T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
629 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
WEST OF CENTER...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONROE CITY...AND MOVING
EAST AT 48 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CENTER...
FRANKFORD...
SPENCERBURG...
BOWLING GREEN...
LOUISIANA...
PIKE...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
LAT...LON 3952 9085 3940 9091 3940 9094 3940 9093
3939 9092 3923 9101 3923 9119 3945 9172
3953 9172 3963 9167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 288DEG 42KT 3952 9158
$$
CARNEY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 022349
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
648 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008
MOC173-022358-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080603T0015Z/
RALLS MO-
648 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RALLS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT RALLS COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3952 9085 3940 9091 3940 9094 3940 9093
3939 9092 3923 9101 3923 9119 3944 9147
3957 9125
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 289DEG 43KT 3944 9130
$$
ILC149-MOC163-030015-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080603T0015Z/
PIKE IL-PIKE MO-
648 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND PIKE COUNTY
IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
AT 647 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR FRANKFORD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...
MOVING EAST AT 49 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...BOWLING
GREEN...ASHBURN...ST. CLEMENT...LOUISIANA...PIKE...CYRENE...EDGEWOOD
AND EOLIA.
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT CLARENCE CANNON DAM...AND PENNY
SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CENTER WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3952 9085 3940 9091 3940 9094 3940 9093
3939 9092 3923 9101 3923 9119 3944 9147
3957 9125
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 289DEG 43KT 3944 9130
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 9:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway, Osage | 36 days |
| Jun 1, 9:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Montgomery | 37 days |
| Jun 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby | 39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.