Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 358, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2008, 4:02 PM CDT for Audrain County, Boone County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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 8, 2008, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2008, 4:32 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 4:28 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Mexico, MO | LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOCKING HIGHWAY 15 NORTH OF MEXICO MO |
| Jul 8, 4:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mexico, MO | POWER LINES AND POWER POLES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 22 AND RINGO STREET ... IN ADDITION TO PEA SIZED HAIL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 26 minutes after it went out.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 284 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
- 1047 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 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 082102
SVRLSX
MOC007-019-082145-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0358.080708T2102Z-080708T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
402 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 358 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 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF STURGEON...OR 11 MILES EAST OF FAYETTE...AND WAS
MOVING EAST AT 36 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STURGEON...
HALLSVILLE...
CENTRALIA...
MEXICO...
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN ST LOUIS.
LAT...LON 3903 9256 3924 9245 3926 9241 3925 9233
3933 9231 3934 9184 3910 9173 3907 9199
3907 9213 3904 9214 3898 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 260DEG 31KT 3915 9243
$$
CARNEY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 082132
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
431 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
MOC007-019-082141-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0358.000000T0000Z-080708T2145Z/
BOONE MO-AUDRAIN MO-
431 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN AUDRAIN AND NORTHERN
BOONE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. HOWEVER...THE STORM WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 40 MPH...AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS IT CONTINUES MOVING EAST.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM.
LAT...LON 3903 9256 3924 9245 3926 9241 3925 9233
3933 9231 3934 9184 3910 9173 3907 9199
3907 9213 3904 9214 3898 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 260DEG 31KT 3919 9211
$$
CARNEYWhat 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 Jul 8, 2:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
247 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.DISCUSSION...
/243 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008/
COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST IA ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
MO INTO SOUTHWEST KS THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT FRONT TO SAG
SOUTHEASTWARD TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY AND STALL OUT TO OUR
SOUTHEAST. CONVECTION WAS INCREASING/ADVECTING INTO THE FORECAST
AREA. LAPS DATA INDICATED THE HIGHEST CAPES WERE LOCATED OVER
CENTRAL MO WITH LI-S OF -5.
SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE IS FORECAST IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT WITH
KS IN THE MID 30S TO AROUND 40 LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT VICINITY OF THE FRONT AS IT MOVES SLOWLY
SOUTHEASTWARD. FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL AND
EAST CENTRAL MO FOR TONIGHT.
MODELS ARE SIMILAR IN FORECASTING THAT DRIER AIR WILL ADVECT INTO
THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. EXPECT THE CONVECTION WILL BE ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY.
THE HEAT WAVE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED FOR LATE IN THE WEEK AND
OVER THE WEEKEND HAS BEEN CUT SHORT. THE ECMWF AND GFS FORECAST
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. LARGE
HIGH WILL PUSH INTO THE MIDWEST BEHIND THE FRONT.
TPS
&&
.AVIATION...
/1245 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008/
FOR THE 18Z TAFS...RATHER COMPLICATED FORECAST FOR THIS TAF
PACKAGE. LATEST RADAR TRENDS WOULD INDICATE THAT ONGOING
CONVECTION ACROSS SW MO AND ERN KS WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE ENE
INTO CENTRAL AND ERN MO THIS AFTERNOON. WITH AIRMASS DESTABILIZING
AHEAD OF THIS AREA OF CONVECTION...TSRA MAY DEVELOP AND AFFECT
SITES EARLIER THAN TEMPOS IN FORECAST BUT THE GENERAL TREND SHUD
BE CORRECT. WITH THE COLD FRONT STILL IN NRN IA...EXPECT CONVECTION
TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A PREFRONTAL TROF LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SWD THIS EVE AND
AFFECT COU...STL AND SUS AROUND MIDNIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT...WINDS
WILL BECOME NLY AND CIGS WILL LIFT LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
MORNING.
TILLY
&&
.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR BOONE-CALLAWAY-
COLE-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-MONITEAU-OSAGE-WASHINGTON.
IL...NONE.
&&
WFO LSXHazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 3:19 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 319 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-091215- 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- 319 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS THE MIDWEST. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY. MODERATE RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PARTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY PUSHES SOUTH OF THE AREA. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION. ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE FORECAST FOR MONDAY. MODERATE RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PARTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 8, 3:51 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
351 PM CDT TUE JUL 08 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM FUNNEL CLOUD KINDERHOOK 39.70N 91.15W
07/08/2008 PIKE IL PUBLIC
REPORT RELAYED FROM MEDIA.
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00633
SIPPRELLLocal storm report, Jul 8, 4:00 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
400 PM CDT TUE JUL 08 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG HANNIBAL 39.71N 91.38W
07/08/2008 MARION MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN THE CITY OF HANNIBAL
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00634
PRZYBYLINSKIThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 14 more | 14 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Shelby | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Ralls | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 3:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Ralls | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Ralls | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 4:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Monroe | 3 days |
| Jul 8, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls and 1 more | 53 min |
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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.