Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 3, NWS St. Louis, MO
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 4:20 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Wnw Fulton, MO | 60 MPH WIND GUST ALSO REPORTED. |
| Jan 7, 4:24 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | W Fulton, MO | LARGE 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.
| 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, 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.
- 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 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.
| 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, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 45 min |
| Jan 7, 3:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 50 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.