Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 16, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2008, 6:43 PM CDT for Crawford County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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
- Mar 27, 2008, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2008, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Crawford County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 E Steelville, MO | |
| Mar 27, 7:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Sw Steelville, MO | |
| Mar 27, 7:38 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Cherryville, MO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 272344
TORLSX
MOC055-280030-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0016.080327T2343Z-080328T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
643 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 641 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 22 MILES WEST OF
STEELVILLE...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF ROLLA...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STEELVILLE...
CHERRYVILLE...
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.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO GOLF BALL SIZED
HAIL.
LAT...LON 3769 9130 3770 9132 3778 9132 3779 9152
3805 9154 3796 9110 3775 9111 3774 9115
3770 9116
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 290DEG 35KT 3799 9174
$$
TILLY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 280005
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
703 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
MOC055-280030-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080328T0030Z/
CRAWFORD MO-
703 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
CRAWFORD COUNTY...
AT 659 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROSATI...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
EAST OF ROLLA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...COOK STATION...
STEELVILLE...CHERRYVILLE AND DAVISVILLE.
A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED ONE MILE EAST OF ST. JAMES AT 6:55 PM. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE SHELTER NOW.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3769 9130 3770 9132 3778 9132 3779 9152
3805 9154 3796 9110 3775 9111 3774 9115
3770 9116
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 281DEG 31KT 3794 9154
$$
TILLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Francois, Washington | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Montgomery | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole, Osage | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Warren | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Montgomery | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Osage | 50 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.