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Tornado Warning 1, NWS St. Louis, MO

January 7, 2008Boone County, Moniteau County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 3:03 PM CST for Boone County, Moniteau County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 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: Jan 7, 2008, 3:03 PM CST (21:03 UTC)
Expired: Jan 7, 2008, 3:45 PM CST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Boone County, MO, Moniteau County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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
Jan 7, 3:10 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	Tipton, MO
Jan 7, 3:34 PM CST	HAIL 1	Columbia, MO	AT THE INTERSECTION OF COLLEGE AVENUE AND BUSINESS LOOP 70.
Jan 7, 3:35 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	Columbia, MO	NICKEL TO DIME SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND WITH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
Jan 7, 3:36 PM CST	HAIL 1	Columbia, MO	ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA CAMPUS.

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
Jan 7, 1:52 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	146 days

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 773 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 404 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 072103
TORLSX
MOC019-135-072145-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0001.080107T2103Z-080107T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
303 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHERN MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 345 PM CST

* AT 259 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR TIPTON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLARKSBURG...
  JAMESTOWN...
  EASLEY...
  COLUMBIA...
  MURRY...

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.

LAT...LON 3870 9284 3869 9264 3882 9256 3891 9251
      3893 9251 3915 9216 3887 9217 3855 9275
      3867 9286 3868 9285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 234DEG 42KT 3869 9270

$$

BYRD

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 072125
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
323 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

MOC019-135-072145-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080107T2145Z/
MONITEAU MO-BOONE MO-
323 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
BOONE AND NORTHERN MONITEAU COUNTIES...

AT 320 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARKSBURG...OR 6 
MILES NORTHWEST OF CALIFORNIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...JAMESTOWN...SANDY 
HOOK...LUPUS... AND EASLEY.

ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH 
OF MCBAINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH...MOVING TOWARDS COLUMBIA.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3870 9284 3869 9264 3882 9256 3891 9251
      3893 9251 3915 9216 3887 9217 3855 9275
      3867 9286 3868 9285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 244DEG 40KT 3871 9258

$$

BYRD

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 7, 2:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lewis	26 min
Jan 7, 2:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Ralls	36 min
Jan 7, 3:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion, Ralls	31 min
Jan 7, 3:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Boone, Cole, Moniteau	45 min
Jan 7, 3:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain, Boone, Callaway	50 min
Jan 7, 4:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Audrain, Boone, Callaway	51 min
Jan 7, 4:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Audrain, Callaway, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls	46 min
Jan 7, 4:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren	48 min
Jan 7, 4:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Pike	50 min
Jan 7, 5:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Lincoln, Pike	46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.