Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 31, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2008, 12:38 PM CDT for Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri. It was in force for 27 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 27, 2008, 12:38 PM CDT (17:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2008, 1:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 271739
TORLSX
MOC189-510-271830-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0031.080527T1738Z-080527T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1238 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
NORTHERN ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT
* AT 1232 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL
CLOUD NEAR PAGE AVENUE AND INTERSTATE 170 IN WOODSON TERRACE...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEL-RIDGE...
KINLOCH...
GREENDALE...
COOL VALLEY...
BEVERLY HILLS...
NORMANDY...
HILLSDALE...
NORTHWOODS...
UPLANDS PARK...
JENNINGS...
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 3877 9017 3871 9020 3869 9020 3867 9019
3864 9019 3866 9037 3874 9037 3879 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 1738Z 266DEG 7KT 3870 9034
$$
BRITT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 271805
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
105 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008
MOC189-510-271815-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080527T1830Z/
ST. LOUIS CITY MO-ST. LOUIS MO-
105 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY AND NORTHERN ST.
LOUIS CITY IS CANCELLED...
THE ROTATION WITHIN THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.
LAT...LON 3877 9017 3871 9020 3869 9020 3867 9019
3864 9019 3866 9037 3874 9037 3879 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 266DEG 7KT 3870 9027
$$
BRITTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 25 hr |
| May 26, 11:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 10 hr |
| May 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Madison, Saint Francois | 3 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.