Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 21, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2008, 8:54 PM CDT for Iron County, Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 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, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2008, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Iron County, MO, Reynolds County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 279 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 280155 TORLSX MOC093-179-280230- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0021.080328T0154Z-080328T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 854 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI CENTRAL REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 14 MILES WEST OF GLOVER... OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IRONTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ANNAPOLIS... GLOVER... LESTERVILLE... SABULA... TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER NOW LAT...LON 3756 9055 3733 9056 3743 9101 3755 9101 TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 278DEG 34KT 3744 9089 $$ BRITT
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 280204
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
903 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
MOC093-179-280230-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080328T0230Z/
REYNOLDS MO-IRON MO-
903 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
IRON AND NORTHEASTERN REYNOLDS COUNTIES...
AT 859 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS ROTATION
WAS LOCATED NEAR LESTERVILLE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
IRONTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...GLOVER...HOGAN...
SABULA...CHLORIDE AND ANNAPOLIS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3742 9094 3755 9091 3755 9075 3756 9074
3756 9056 3735 9056 3735 9057 3733 9056
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 281DEG 26KT 3744 9083
$$
BRITT000
WWUS53 KLSX 280230
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
929 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
MOC093-179-280239-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080328T0230Z/
REYNOLDS MO-IRON MO-
929 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN IRON AND EASTERN REYNOLDS
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 930 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM.
LAT...LON 3742 9094 3755 9091 3755 9075 3756 9074
3756 9056 3735 9056 3735 9057 3733 9056
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 281DEG 26KT 3740 9060
$$
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, 8:11 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, 8:57 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.