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Tornado Warning 36, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2008, 5:19 PM CDT for Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri; Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 41 min. 3 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, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pike County, IL, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 N Center, MO | SEVERAL SPOTTER REPORTS OF A TORNADO NEAR CENTER. |
| May 30, 5:43 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 Ene New London, MO | ON HIGHWAY T EAST OF NEW LONDON. |
| May 30, 6:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Wsw Summer Hill, IL | BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED 1.5 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SUMMER HILL |
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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 302219 TORLSX ILC149-MOC163-173-302300- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0036.080530T2219Z-080530T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 519 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 516 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR CENTER...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF VANDALIA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEW LONDON... FRANKFORD... BARRY... ATLAS... PITTSFIELD... 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 3976 9092 3951 9074 3939 9157 3961 9163 TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 256DEG 39KT 3952 9148 $$ GLASS
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 302221 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 520 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 ILC149-MOC163-173-302300- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-080530T2300Z/ PIKE IL-PIKE MO-RALLS MO- 520 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND RALLS AND NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI... ...TORNADO REPORTED NEAR CENTER... AT 516 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR CENTER. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...ASHBURN...NEW CANTON AND EL DARA. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3976 9092 3951 9074 3939 9157 3961 9163 TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 256DEG 39KT 3952 9147 $$ GLASS
000 WWUS53 KLSX 302232 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 530 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 ILC149-MOC163-173-302300- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-080530T2300Z/ PIKE IL-PIKE MO-RALLS MO- 530 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND RALLS AND NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 525 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR NEW LONDON...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF HANNIBAL...MOVING EAST AT 41 MPH. STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR CENTER AT 520 PM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...ILASCO...SAVERTON... ASHBURN...NEW CANTON...KINDERHOOK...ROCKPORT...EL DARA...NEW HARTFORD...SUMMER HILL AND BARRY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL 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 3976 9092 3951 9074 3939 9157 3961 9163 TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 256DEG 36KT 3954 9136 $$ GLASS
000
WWUS53 KLSX 302249
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
547 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
MOC173-302257-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-080530T2300Z/
RALLS MO-
547 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RALLS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3975 9093 3951 9075 3949 9086 3945 9125
3958 9125 3961 9119 3968 9116
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 256DEG 36KT 3956 9113
$$
ILC149-MOC163-302300-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-080530T2300Z/
PIKE IL-PIKE MO-
547 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN
NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
AT 544 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR ASHBURN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISIANA...MOVING EAST
AT 41 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...ROCKPORT...BARRY...
EL DARA...NEW HARTFORD...SUMMER HILL AND ATLAS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL TO
THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS. GOLF BALL SIZE WAS REPORTED JUST EAST OF
NEW LONDON AT 543 PM.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL 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 3975 9093 3951 9075 3949 9086 3945 9125
3958 9125 3961 9119 3968 9116
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 256DEG 36KT 3956 9113
$$
GLASSThe 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, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Pike, Ralls | 52 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, 5:34 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 |
| May 30, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 50 min |
| May 30, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 38 min |
| May 30, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 12 min |
| May 30, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 42 min |
| May 30, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 21 min |
| May 30, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 49 min |
| May 30, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown, Greene, Pike | 44 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 2008Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2008Every tornado warning in 2008Tornadoes in 2008
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.