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Tornado Warning 3, NWS St. Louis, MO

January 7, 2008Audrain County, Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 4:09 PM CST for Audrain County, Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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, 4:09 PM CST (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 2008, 5:00 PM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 7, 4:20 PM CSTHAIL 0.882 Wnw Fulton, MO60 MPH WIND GUST ALSO REPORTED.
Jan 7, 4:24 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGW Fulton, MOLARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ALONG WITH DOWNED POWER LINES OVER THE WESTERN PART OF FULTON. HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKLES.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 7, 1:52 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC146 days

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 283 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2008-01-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 203 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2008-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 404 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 072209
TORLSX
MOC007-019-027-072300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0003.080107T2209Z-080107T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
409 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 407 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR ASHLAND...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARRINGTON...
  FULTON...
  AUXVASSE...
  WILLIAMSBURG...
  SHAMROCK...
  MARTINSBURG...

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 3915 9164 3893 9165 3869 9224 3883 9228
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 234DEG 40KT 3879 9222

$$

BYRD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLSX 072229
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
427 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

MOC019-072237-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080107T2300Z/
BOONE MO-
427 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...SO THE TORNADO 
WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM.

LAT...LON 3915 9164 3893 9165 3881 9196 3893 9206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 249DEG 54KT 3888 9190

$$

MOC007-027-072300-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080107T2300Z/
CALLAWAY MO-AUDRAIN MO-
427 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
AUDRAIN AND NORTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTIES...

AT 420 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL 
CLOUD OVER FULTON...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...WILLIAMSBURG AND
SHAMROCK.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3915 9164 3893 9165 3881 9196 3893 9206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 249DEG 54KT 3888 9190

$$

BYRD

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 2:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis26 min
Jan 7, 2:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis, Marion, Monroe, Ralls36 min
Jan 7, 3:03 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXBoone, Moniteau42 min
Jan 7, 3:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Ralls31 min
Jan 7, 3:30 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXBoone, Cole, Moniteau45 min
Jan 7, 3:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway50 min
Jan 7, 4:14 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls46 min
Jan 7, 4:42 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXCallaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren48 min
Jan 7, 4:55 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXPike50 min
Jan 7, 5:29 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXLincoln, Pike46 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.