Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 23, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2008, 9:25 PM CDT for Madison County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 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, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2008, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Madison County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 479 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 280225 TORLSX MOC123-280315- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0023.080328T0225Z-080328T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 925 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 922 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SACO...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF IRONTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SACO... BUCKHORN... MARQUAND... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3755 9015 3731 9016 3733 9056 3754 9055 TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 271DEG 37KT 3742 9054 $$ BRITT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 280239 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 938 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008 MOC123-280315- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080328T0315Z/ MADISON MO- 938 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR MADISON COUNTY... AT 936 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION. THIS ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR SACO...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FREDERICKTOWN... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...BUCKHORN AND MARQUAND. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER NOW LAT...LON 3755 9015 3731 9016 3733 9056 3754 9055 TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 274DEG 35KT 3740 9039 $$ BRITT
000
WWUS53 KLSX 280250
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
949 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
MOC123-280315-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080328T0315Z/
MADISON MO-
949 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY...
AT 946 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION. THIS ROTATION WAS
LOCATED NEAR BUCKHORN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF FREDERICKTOWN...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...MARQUAND.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
LAT...LON 3733 9040 3753 9038 3755 9015 3751 9015
3751 9016 3748 9016 3748 9015 3731 9016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 274DEG 35KT 3739 9026
$$
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, 8:54 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, 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.