Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2008, 1:46 AM CDT for Monroe County, Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri; Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 59 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
- Jun 26, 2008, 1:46 AM CDT (06:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2008, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pike County, IL, Monroe County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 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
- 2577 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KLSX 260646
SVRLSX
ILC149-MOC137-163-173-260745-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0331.080626T0646Z-080626T0745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
146 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 245 AM CDT
* AT 142 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GRIGGSVILLE TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODLAWN...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEARDSTOWN TO 13 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MACON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRANVILLE...
BARRY...
SPAULDING...
GRIGGSVILLE...
NEW LONDON...
MADISON...
PARIS...
PITTSFIELD...
CENTER...
FRANKFORD...
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 3961 9229 3969 9131 3985 9058 3971 9064
3957 9058 3941 9062 3935 9229 3942 9232
TIME...MOT...LOC 0646Z 337DEG 26KT 3985 9060 3960 9227
$$
GKS2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 260706
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
205 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
ILC149-MOC137-163-173-260745-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-080626T0745Z/
PIKE IL-PIKE MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-
205 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT
FOR PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND RALLS...MONROE AND
NORTHERN PIKE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
AT 204 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DETROIT TO MADISON...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF PITTSFIELD TO 11 MILES EAST OF
MOBERLY...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...DETROIT...
NEW HARTFORD...CENTER...ASHBURN...MILTON...TIME...SUMMER HILL...
ROCKPORT...MARTINSBURG AND INDEPENDENCE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
LAT...LON 3958 9229 3965 9182 3969 9131 3983 9062
3969 9064 3958 9058 3941 9062 3935 9229
3940 9232
TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 342DEG 23KT 3964 9069 3943 9223
$$
GKS000
WWUS53 KLSX 260745
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
243 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
ILC149-MOC137-163-173-260753-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-080626T0745Z/
PIKE IL-PIKE MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-
243 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...AND RALLS...MONROE AND NORTHERN PIKE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST
MISSOURI EXPIRES AT 245 AM CDT...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY
AND MOVED SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM.
LAT...LON 3958 9229 3965 9182 3969 9131 3983 9062
3969 9064 3958 9058 3941 9062 3935 9229
3940 9232
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 342DEG 23KT 3941 9060 3920 9213
$$
GKSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis | 10 days |
| Jun 26, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis | 67 min |
| Jun 26, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Shelby | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.