Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 2, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 3:30 PM CST for Boone County, Cole County, Moniteau County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min. 4 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
- Jan 7, 2008, 3:30 PM CST (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2008, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Boone County, MO, Cole County, MO, Moniteau County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 3:41 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 E California, MO | |
| Jan 7, 3:50 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Sw Marion, MO | VERY LOW WALL CLOUD ... POSSIBLE FUNNEL NEAR THE GROUND. |
| Jan 7, 4:05 PM CST | HAIL 1.5 | Ashland, MO | STRONG WINDS OF 60 MPH IN ASSOCIATION WITH STORM. |
| Jan 7, 4:05 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Ashland, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 146 days |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 773 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 404 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 072130 TORLSX MOC019-051-135-072215- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0002.080107T2130Z-080107T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 330 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHWESTERN COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI CENTRAL MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 415 PM CST * AT 329 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 8 MILES SOUTH OF CLARKSBURG...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TIPTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLARKSBURG... CALIFORNIA... MCGIRK... CENTERTOWN... ASHLAND... 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 3887 9217 3865 9224 3846 9267 3860 9285 TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 240DEG 54KT 3856 9271 $$ BYRD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 072149 RRA SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 348 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008 MOC019-051-135-072215- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080107T2215Z/ COLE MO-MONITEAU MO-BOONE MO- 348 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN BOONE...EASTERN MONITEAU AND NORTHWESTERN COLE COUNTIES... AT 346 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALIFORNIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...MCGIRK... CENTERTOWN...MARION...WILTON...HARTSBURG...SANDY HOOK AND ASHLAND. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3887 9217 3865 9224 3855 9247 3870 9261 TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 240DEG 52KT 3866 9246 $$ BYRD
000
WWUS53 KLSX 072203
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
401 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008
MOC051-135-072211-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080107T2215Z/
COLE MO-MONITEAU MO-
401 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MONITEAU AND NORTHWESTERN COLE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...SO THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM.
LAT...LON 3887 9217 3865 9224 3868 9235 3870 9236
3871 9235 3872 9235 3873 9238 3877 9240
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 239DEG 44KT 3872 9229
$$
MOC019-072215-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080107T2215Z/
BOONE MO-
401 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
BOONE COUNTY...
AT 359 PM CST...SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR HARTSBURG...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...ASHLAND.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3887 9217 3865 9224 3868 9235 3870 9236
3871 9235 3872 9235 3873 9238 3877 9240
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 239DEG 44KT 3872 9229
$$
BYRDThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis | 26 min |
| Jan 7, 2:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Ralls | 36 min |
| Jan 7, 3:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 42 min |
| Jan 7, 3:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Ralls | 31 min |
| Jan 7, 3:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 50 min |
| Jan 7, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 51 min |
| Jan 7, 4:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls | 46 min |
| Jan 7, 4:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren | 48 min |
| Jan 7, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 50 min |
| Jan 7, 5:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.