Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 12, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 9:43 PM CST for Franklin County, Gasconade County, Warren County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 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, 10:10 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Warren County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 65 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 080343 RRA TORLSX MOC071-073-219-080430- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0012.080108T0343Z-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... NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHERN GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 1030 PM CST * AT 940 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT STERLING...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF OWENSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEW HAVEN... TRELOAR... MARTHASVILLE... TRUESDALE... WARRENTON... 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 3857 9165 3884 9112 3851 9098 3837 9165 TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 240DEG 41KT 3852 9152 $$ PRZYBYLINSKI
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 080410 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1009 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008 MOC071-073-219-080419- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080108T0430Z/ FRANKLIN MO-GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO- 1009 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WARREN...NORTHERN GASCONADE AND NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5:00 AM CST. LAT...LON 3857 9165 3884 9112 3851 9098 3837 9165 TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 240DEG 41KT 3866 9119 $$ PRZYBYLINSKI
The 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 | Lincoln, Pike | 47 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.