Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 62, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 7:04 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 20 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
- Jun 6, 2008, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 7:24 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 804 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 070004 TORLSX MOC099-221-070045- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0062.080607T0004Z-080607T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 704 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 701 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 14 MILES WEST OF DE SOTO...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF POTOSI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FLETCHER... DE SOTO... HILLSBORO... FESTUS... 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. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. LAT...LON 3804 9076 3819 9083 3838 9041 3816 9040 TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 243DEG 33KT 3813 9079 $$ GLASS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 070015 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 716 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 MOC221-070026- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-080607T0045Z/ WASHINGTON MO- 716 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3821 9077 3838 9041 3816 9040 3809 9064 TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 244DEG 32KT 3817 9067 $$ MOC099-070045- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-080607T0045Z/ JEFFERSON MO- 716 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 714 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF DE SOTO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 37 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...HILLSBORO...DE SOTO...HEMATITE...VICTORIA...MAPAVILLE AND FESTUS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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 3821 9077 3838 9041 3816 9040 3809 9064 TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 244DEG 32KT 3817 9067 $$ GLASS
000 WWUS53 KLSX 070024 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 724 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 MOC099-070034- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-080607T0045Z/ JEFFERSON MO- 724 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3821 9077 3838 9041 3816 9040 3809 9064 TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 244DEG 32KT 3820 9059 $$ GLASS
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 9:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford | 10 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.