Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 43, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2008, 8:43 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 3, 2008, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2008, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lincoln County, MO, Pike County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:48 PM CDT | TORNADO | Whiteside, MO | TORNADO SPOTTED BY SHERIFF IN WHITESIDE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 2538 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.9
- Supercell composite
- 14.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 040143
TORLSX
MOC113-163-040230-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0043.080604T0143Z-080604T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
843 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
EASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 841 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES SOUTH OF EOLIA...
OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF ELSBERRY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELSBERRY...
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.
LAT...LON 3926 9075 3917 9072 3916 9072 3907 9106
3924 9114 3937 9090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 249DEG 26KT 3918 9099
$$
GLASS2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 040149
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
849 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
MOC113-163-040230-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-080604T0230Z/
LINCOLN MO-PIKE MO-
849 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND EASTERN
PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
AT 845 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF WHITESIDE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST
OF ELSBERRY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...PAYNESVILLE...ANNADA
AND ELSBERRY.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3926 9075 3917 9072 3916 9072 3907 9106
3924 9114 3937 9090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 249DEG 26KT 3920 9094
$$
GLASS000
WWUS53 KLSX 040215
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
916 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
MOC113-163-040226-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-080604T0230Z/
LINCOLN MO-PIKE MO-
916 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST
CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND EASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM.
LAT...LON 3926 9075 3917 9072 3916 9072 3907 9106
3924 9114 3937 9090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 249DEG 26KT 3927 9070
$$
GLASSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Shelby | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Shelby | 44 min |
| Jun 3, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 8:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 62 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Shelby | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 36 days |
| Jun 3, 10:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Knox | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 1:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Cole, Moniteau | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 2:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Knox, Marion, Shelby | 8 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 8:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 27 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Knox, Shelby | 12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.