Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 30, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2008, 9:09 PM CDT for Warren County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 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
- May 25, 2008, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2008, 9:39 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Warren County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 146 days |
| May 25, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 955 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 941 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 260209
TORLSX
MOC219-260300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0030.080526T0209Z-080526T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
909 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 904 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR WARRENTON...MOVING
EAST AT 29 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WRIGHT CITY...
WARRENTON...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
LAT...LON 3893 9121 3888 9112 3888 9111 3887 9096
3873 9096 3872 9097 3871 9097 3868 9118
3882 9130
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 268DEG 26KT 3880 9113
$$
GKS1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 260239
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
939 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
MOC219-260249-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-080526T0300Z/
WARREN MO-
939 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WARREN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
LAT...LON 3893 9121 3888 9112 3888 9111 3887 9096
3873 9096 3872 9097 3871 9097 3868 9118
3882 9130
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 268DEG 26KT 3881 9085
$$
GKSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Warren | 57 min |
| May 25, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 52 min |
| May 25, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis | 52 min |
| May 25, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Lincoln, Pike, Ralls | 49 min |
| May 25, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron, Reynolds, Washington | 41 min |
| May 25, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis | 34 min |
| May 25, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Iron, Reynolds, Washington | 45 min |
| May 25, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Montgomery | 40 min |
| May 25, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis | 64 min |
| May 25, 8:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Saint Charles, Warren | 4 hr |
| May 25, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Washington | 42 min |
| May 25, 9:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 4 hr |
| May 25, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 48 min |
| May 25, 11:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 22 hr |
| May 26, 12:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Montgomery, Saint Charles, Warren | 4 hr |
| May 26, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage | 44 min |
| May 26, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 42 min |
| May 26, 5:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Montgomery, Saint Charles, Warren | 20 hr |
| May 26, 5:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| May 26, 12:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Montgomery | 34 hr |
| May 26, 12:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 48 hr |
| May 26, 12:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 9 hr |
| May 26, 5:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis | 52 hr |
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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.