Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 11, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 9:43 PM CST for Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri; Calhoun County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 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
- Jan 7, 2008, 9:43 PM CST (03:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2008, 10:30 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, IL, Lincoln County, MO, Pike County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 146 days |
| Jan 7, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 655 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 080342
TORLSX
ILC013-MOC113-163-080430-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0011.080108T0343Z-080108T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
943 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 1030 PM CST
* AT 940 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 16 MILES WEST OF
ELSBERRY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELSBERRY...
BELLEVIEW...
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.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER
NOW
LAT...LON 3917 9060 3916 9061 3907 9108 3914 9116
3940 9072 3939 9070
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 238DEG 34KT 3914 9104
$$
TES2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 080358
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
959 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008
ILC013-MOC113-163-080430-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080108T0430Z/
CALHOUN IL-LINCOLN MO-PIKE MO-
959 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN
COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN
NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
AT 958 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PAYNESVILLE...OR
ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELSBERRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...ANNADA...MOZIER AND
HAMBURG.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER
NOW
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3938 9070 3939 9070 3918 9061 3916 9061
3914 9096 3921 9100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 238DEG 34KT 3922 9087
$$
TES000
WWUS53 KLSX 080420
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1020 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008
ILC013-MOC113-163-080430-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080108T0430Z/
CALHOUN IL-LINCOLN MO-PIKE MO-
1020 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST
ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI EXPIRES
AT 1030 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM.
LAT...LON 3938 9070 3939 9070 3918 9061 3916 9061
3914 9096 3921 9100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 238DEG 34KT 3932 9065
$$
CVKINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 6:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 40 min |
| Jan 7, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau | 52 min |
| Jan 7, 8:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Montgomery, Warren | 48 min |
| Jan 7, 8:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 48 min |
| Jan 7, 8:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade | 40 min |
| Jan 7, 8:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Osage | 38 min |
| Jan 7, 9:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Osage | 41 min |
| Jan 7, 9:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Warren | 27 min |
| Jan 7, 10:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade | 44 min |
| Jan 7, 10:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Warren | 47 min |
| Jan 7, 11:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 42 min |
| Jan 8, 12:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Gasconade | 52 min |
| Jan 8, 12:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Washington | 40 min |
| Jan 8, 1:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 50 min |
| Jan 8, 3:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 17 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Osage, Washington | 49 min |
| Jan 8, 4:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 51 min |
| Jan 8, 5:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Washington | 25 min |
| Jan 8, 1:30 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 20 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:30 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Osage | 20 hr |
| Jan 7, 6:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Macoupin | 28 min |
| Jan 7, 10:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene | 39 min |
| Jan 8, 3:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 30 min |
| Jan 8, 12:12 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Brown | 5 days |
| Jan 8, 12:12 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Morgan, Pike | 21 days |
| Jan 8, 12:12 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Pike, Scott | 24 days |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.