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Tornado Warning 33, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 30, 2008Monroe County, Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2008, 4:38 PM CDT for Monroe County, Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 min. 6 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: May 30, 2008, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2008, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Monroe County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 30, 4:54 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	6 E Paris, MO	NICKLE SIZE HAIL OCCURRED NEAR INDIAN CREEK
May 30, 5:01 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Indian Creek, MO	GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN INDIAN CREEK.
May 30, 5:08 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Center, MO	NICKLE SIZE HAIL IN CENTER MO
May 30, 5:15 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 E Center, MO	DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG CLARENCE CANNON LANE 1 MILE EAST OF CENTER ALONG HIGHWAY 19 AND AT THE CORNER OF MARK TWAIN ROAD AND KINGBIRD LANE 2 MILES EAST ALONG HIGHWAY 19
May 30, 5:15 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 S Center, MO	POWER LINES DOWN AND PROPERTY DAMAGE REPORTED NEAR MARK TWAIN HIGH SCHOOL 1 MILE EAST ALONG HIGHWAY 19 AND 1 MILE SOUTH ON HIGHWAY P
May 30, 5:20 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 N Center, MO	SEVERAL SPOTTER REPORTS OF A TORNADO NEAR CENTER.

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
May 30, 1:56 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 254 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 349 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 302138
TORLSX
MOC137-163-173-302230-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0033.080530T2138Z-080530T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
438 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
  EXTREME WESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
  RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR PARIS...MOVING EAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SANTA FE...
  PERRY...
  CENTER...
  SPAULDING...
  NEW LONDON...

THIS TORNADO WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3957 9212 3969 9139 3968 9136 3938 9145
      3935 9206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 254DEG 35KT 3946 9198

$$

GLASS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 302200
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
458 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

MOC137-163-173-302230-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080530T2230Z/
PIKE MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-
458 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR RALLS...
EASTERN MONROE AND EXTREME WESTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST
MISSOURI...

AT 453 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR FLORIDA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF SANTA FE...MOVING EAST AT 34
MPH. 

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...PERRY...THE
LANDING...CENTER...SPAULDING AND NEW LONDON.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. NICKEL SIZE HAIL 
WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE MARK TWAIN LAKE AREA WITH THIS STORM.

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 3968 9136 3938 9145 3936 9193 3960 9195
      3969 9139
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 260DEG 30KT 3947 9173

$$

GLASS

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 302215
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
514 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

MOC137-163-173-302230-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080530T2230Z/
PIKE MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-
514 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR RALLS...
EASTERN MONROE AND EXTREME WESTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST
MISSOURI...

AT 512 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR CENTER...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF VANDALIA...MOVING EAST AT 34
MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...SPAULDING AND NEW
LONDON.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THERE HAVE 
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF NICKEL TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ALONG A PATH FROM 
MARK TWAIN LAKE TO CENTER.

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 3968 9136 3938 9145 3936 9193 3960 9195
      3969 9139
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 260DEG 30KT 3949 9156

$$

GLASS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe	49 min
May 30, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Knox, Lewis	61 min
May 30, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion, Shelby	48 min
May 30, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lewis, Marion	38 min
May 30, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Pike, Ralls	41 min
May 30, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain, Monroe	41 min
May 30, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	44 min
May 30, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Monroe, Ralls	50 min
May 30, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain, Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls and 1 more	43 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.