Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 20, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2008, 8:25 PM CDT for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 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, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Reynolds County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 8:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 7 Nne Centerville, MO | |
| Mar 27, 8:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Centerville, MO | |
| Mar 27, 8:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Bunker, 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, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 244 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 280125
TORLSX
MOC179-280200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0020.080328T0125Z-080328T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
825 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BUNKER...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALEM...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OATES...
REYNOLDS...
CENTERVILLE...
LESTERVILLE...
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.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
LAT...LON 3740 9120 3740 9123 3742 9123 3749 9123
3750 9129 3759 9131 3759 9078 3733 9078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 275DEG 30KT 3749 9114
$$
BRITT1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 280141 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 841 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008 MOC179-280200- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080328T0200Z/ REYNOLDS MO- 841 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY... AT 836 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS ROTATION WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTERVILLE...OR ABOUT 24 MILES WEST OF IRONTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...LESTERVILLE. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER NOW LAT...LON 3733 9078 3742 9121 3758 9122 3759 9078 TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 275DEG 30KT 3748 9099 $$ BRITT
The 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, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Saint Francois, Washington | 34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.