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Tornado Warning 19, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2008, 8:11 PM CDT for Iron County, Saint Francois County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 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, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2008, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Iron County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 27, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 290 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 280111 TORLSX MOC093-187-221-280145- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0019.080328T0111Z-080328T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 811 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SOUTHWESTERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 16 MILES WEST OF IRONDALE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POTOSI...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... IRONDALE... BISMARCK... LEADWOOD... IRON MOUNTAIN... TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER NOW LAT...LON 3789 9053 3765 9051 3776 9105 3794 9102 TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 277DEG 26KT 3783 9094 $$ BRITT
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 280132
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
831 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
MOC093-187-221-280145-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080328T0145Z/
IRON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-WASHINGTON MO-
831 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHWESTERN ST. FRANCOIS AND NORTHERN IRON
COUNTIES...
AT 827 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION. THIS ROTATION WAS
LOCATED NEAR CALEDONIA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF POTOSI...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...IRONDALE...
BISMARCK...FRANKCLAY...LEADWOOD AND PARK HILLS.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
LAT...LON 3772 9087 3792 9082 3792 9080 3791 9079
3792 9077 3791 9072 3791 9070 3789 9053
3765 9051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 279DEG 30KT 3781 9075
$$
BRITT000
WWUS53 KLSX 280145
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
843 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
MOC093-187-221-280153-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080328T0145Z/
IRON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-WASHINGTON MO-
843 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHWESTERN ST.
FRANCOIS AND NORTHERN IRON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 845 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS
PARTS OVER CENTRAL ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY THROUGH 915 PM. IT WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
45 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM.
LAT...LON 3772 9087 3792 9082 3792 9080 3791 9079
3792 9077 3791 9072 3791 9070 3789 9053
3765 9051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 279DEG 30KT 3779 9063
$$
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, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 48 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, 8:25 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.