Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 18, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2008, 7:42 PM CDT for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 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
- Mar 27, 2008, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Reynolds County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 1283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 280044
TORLSX
MOC179-280130-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0018.080328T0042Z-080328T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
742 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 741 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 20 MILES WEST OF BUNKER...
OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF SALEM...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUNKER...
REYNOLDS...
OATES...
CENTERVILLE...
AT 720 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR EDGAR SPRINGS WITH THIS
STORM.
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 3737 9118 3741 9118 3741 9123 3750 9122
3750 9131 3759 9131 3757 9090 3732 9096
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 282DEG 33KT 3755 9154
$$
TILLY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 280116
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
816 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
MOC179-280130-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080328T0130Z/
REYNOLDS MO-
816 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN REYNOLDS COUNTY...
AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BUNKER...OR ABOUT
21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALEM...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...OATES...REYNOLDS...
CORRIDON...CENTERVILLE AND BLACK.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER
NOW
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3737 9118 3741 9118 3741 9123 3750 9122
3750 9131 3759 9131 3757 9090 3732 9096
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 286DEG 29KT 3748 9119
$$
BRITTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery, Saint Charles, Warren | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Warren | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron, Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery, Saint Charles, Saint Louis and 1 more | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Saint Francois, Washington | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Warren | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 16 min |
| Mar 27, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.