Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 274, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2008, 8:20 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 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 3, 2008, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lincoln County, MO, Pike County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:48 PM CDT | TORNADO | Whiteside, MO | TORNADO SPOTTED BY SHERIFF IN WHITESIDE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 2538 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.9
- Supercell composite
- 14.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KLSX 040120
SVRLSX
MOC113-163-040200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0274.080604T0120Z-080604T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
820 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 818 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF EOLIA...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF BOWLING GREEN...AND
MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EOLIA...
ELSBERRY...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3940 9096 3915 9074 3903 9125 3913 9127
3914 9126 3914 9127 3923 9128
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 250DEG 21KT 3917 9116
$$
GLASSWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 3, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
632 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
.DISCUSSION...
/420 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008/
THE MAIN CONCERNS OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS REVOLVE AROUND FLASH
FLOOD AND SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. NEARLY SATURATED GROUND FROM
ALL OF THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER A WIDE
SWATH OF THE FA...THE VERY RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED
THIS MORNING OVER THE NRN AND NERN FA...AND MANY AREA RIVERS ARE
ALREADY NEAR BANKFULL OR IN FLOOD HAVE RAISED CONCERN LEVELS FOR
FLASH FLOODING. ADD TO THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN PRODUCING STORMS FROM TRAINING ALONG THE W-E ORIENTED LO
LEVEL BOUNDARY...AND RESULTING FFG VALUES OVER 6 HOURS ARE LESS
THAN 2 INCHES OVER A LARGE AREA OF THE FA. VERY RICH MOISTURE THRU
THE COLUMN WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HI EFFICIENCY RAIN SO HAVE ISSUED A
FFA FOR TONIGHT TO COVER THESE CONCERNS.
SEVERE WEATHER ALSO REMAINS A THREAT TONIGHT. BOUNDARY HAS BEEN LAID
OUT OVER THE NRN AND NERN FA FROM TWO MCS THAT WENT THRU THE AREA
THIS MORNING. THIS WILL BE ONE AREA OF FOCUS. BUT ANOTHER AREA HAS
TAKEN SHAPE IN ADVANCE OF A SHORTWAVE MOVING EWD...WITH DEVELOPMENT
OF CU FIELD OVER ERN KS AND WRN AND NRN MO. BETWEEN THESE TWO AREAS
FOR TSRA FOCUS...AND CONTINUED DE-STABILIZATION AS LI/S HAVE DROPPED
TO -10 OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...LOOK FOR NEW TSRA INITATION TO OCCUR
BY 22/23Z. DEGREE OF INSTABILITY IN THE AMS...LOOKING AT MID LEVEL
LAPSE RATES AND SHEAR...WILL ENABLE STORMS TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY TO
SEVERE LEVELS. SHEAR IS FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC STORMS EARLY ON.
WITH MID LEVEL FLOW BACKING FROM ZONAL TO SWLY BY THURSDAY...LOOK
FOR FRONTAL BOUNDARIES THAT COULD SERVE AS A FOCUS TO LARGELY SHIFT
THE ACTION NWD...LEAVING A SMALL QUIET PERIOD FOR OUR FA. THIS WILL
BE BROKEN WHEN A STRONG SHORTWAVE TAKES A SWIPE AT OUR FA LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD (FRIDAY NIGHT - TUESDAY)...MODELS ARE IN
REASONABLE AGREEMENT ON A PERISTENT SWLY MID LEVEL FLOW PATTERN THAT
WILL TAKE HOLD OVER THE MID MS VALLEY...WITH A STUBBORN H500 HI OVER
THE SERN CONUS AND A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES THAT WILL SEEK TO CUT INTO
THIS HI DURING THIS TIME. AT THE SURFACE...THIS WILL MAKE IT TOUGH
FOR ANY FRONTS TO MOVE INTO OUR AREA OR PERSIST FOR VERY LONG. THE
BEST CHANCE FOR A FRONTAL INTRUSION INTO OUR AREA WILL BE EARLY IN
THE PERIOD...FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...UNTIL MID LEVEL FLOW
BACKS MORE AND FORCES ANY FRONTS TO OUR N. HAVE THE BEST PCPN
CHANCES DURING FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...AND LIMIT ANY OTHER PCPN
CHANCES TO SLIGHT CHANCE UNTIL WE GET A BETTER HANDLE ON POSSIBLE
OUTFLOW EFFECTS FROM ANY MCS THAT MOVE THRU. SLY SFC WINDS WILL BE
DOMINANT DURING THIS PERIOD. THIS WILL MAINTAIN OUR ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES.
TES
&&
.AVIATION...
/628 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008/
FOR THE 00Z TAFS...INITIAL FOCUS FOR TSRA DEVELOPMENT WILL BE CU
FIELD OVER WRN MO AHEAD OF MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE...AND OLD OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY FROM THIS MORNING/S MCS THAT MOVED THRU OVER THE NRN/NERN
FA. HAVE PLACED THE INITIAL VCTS AND TEMPO TSRA MENTION OVER
KUIN/KCOU TERMINALS IN LIGHT OF THIS. HAVE DELAYED A LITTLE BIT
FOR KSTL/KSUS UNTIL CONVECTION HAS A CHANCE TO DEVELOP MORE AND
CONGEAL...AND LOOK FOR MAIN EPISODE THERE TO OCCUR TOWARD
MIDNIGHT. LOOK FOR MUCH OF THE CONVECTION TO BEGIN TO EXIT OR WIND
DOWN SOME TIME LATE TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR SSW SFC WINDS TO
CONTINUE WITH VFR CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF TSRA. LIMITED TSRA MENTION
ON WEDNESDAY TO JUST THE KUIN TERMINAL AND A PROB30 DURING THE
AFTERNOON AT THAT.
TES
&&
.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR AUDRAIN-BOONE-
CALLAWAY-COLE-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-JEFFERSON-KNOX-LEWIS-
LINCOLN-MARION-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-OSAGE-PIKE-RALLS-
SHELBY-ST. CHARLES-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-WARREN.
IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ADAMS IL-BOND IL-
BROWN IL-CALHOUN IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-GREENE IL-JERSEY
IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MARION IL-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY IL-
PIKE IL-ST. CLAIR IL-WASHINGTON IL.
&&
WFO LSXHazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 4:20 PM CDT, 4 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 420 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-041200- GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL- CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX-LEWIS- SHELBY-MARION-MONROE-RALLS-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU-COLE-OSAGE- CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN-ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN- ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON- ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- 420 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE BI-STATE AREA INTO LATE THIS EVENING...ROUGHLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM SPARTA ILLINOIS TO ROLLA MISSOURI. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND EVEN STRONG TORNADOES. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON CONVECTIVE WATCHES...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST STORM PREDICTION CENTER WATCH PRODUCTS. THE COMBINATION OF RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...RIVERS AT BANKFULL... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING STORMS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO THE WATCH PRODUCT. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING FROM RIVERS IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS EXPECTED. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT LEAST EACH DAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LOOK FOR WINDY CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY...WITH SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING FROM RIVERS IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS EXPECTED. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH LATE EVENING. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER... FLOODING...OR HEAVY RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1 TES
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 3, 8:06 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
806 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 PM HAIL 5 W SHELBYVILLE 39.81N 92.13W
06/03/2008 M0.75 INCH SHELBY MO COUNTY OFFICIAL
SHELBY COUNTY
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00339
CVKINGLocal storm report, Jun 3, 8:07 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
807 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0805 PM FUNNEL CLOUD PLEASANT HILL 39.44N 90.87W
06/03/2008 PIKE IL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
FIRE DEPT REPORTS SEEING 2 FUNNEL CLOUDS FROM 750 TO
800 PM. NO CONFIRMED TORNADOES YET.
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00340
JPKLocal storm report, Jun 3, 8:09 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
809 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0808 PM FUNNEL CLOUD FARMERSVILLE 39.44N 89.65W
06/03/2008 MONTGOMERY IL AMATEUR RADIO
FIRE DEPT REPORTS SEEING FUNNEL CLOUDS AROUND 750 PM.
NO TORNADOES.
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00342
JPKLocal storm report, Jun 3, 8:12 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
812 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0811 PM FUNNEL CLOUD CLARENCE 39.74N 92.26W
06/03/2008 SHELBY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFF OFFICE REOPOTS SPOTTER SEES A FUNNEL CLOUT.
STRORM MOVING NE
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00343
JPKLocal storm report, Jun 3, 8:16 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
816 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 PM TORNADO ELDRED 39.29N 90.55W
06/03/2008 GREENE IL PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTS TORNADO ON GROUND.
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00344
JPKLocal storm report, Jun 3, 8:18 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
818 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0817 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 SE KNOX CITY 40.13N 92.00W
06/03/2008 KNOX MO TRAINED SPOTTER
WELL DEFINED WALL CLOUD WITH ROTATION AND FUNNEL CLOUD
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00345
CVKINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Shelby | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Shelby | 44 min |
| Jun 3, 8:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 62 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 9:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Shelby | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 36 days |
| Jun 3, 10:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Knox | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 1:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Cole, Moniteau | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 2:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Knox, Marion, Shelby | 8 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 8:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 27 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Knox, Shelby | 12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.