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Tornado Warning 63, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 24, 2008Audrain County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2008, 8:24 PM CDT for Audrain County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 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 24, 2008, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Audrain County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 8:37 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDLaddonia, MO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 280 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2008-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2008-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 250123
TORLSX
MOC007-250200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0063.080625T0124Z-080625T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
824 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  LADDONIA...OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF MEXICO...MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LADDONIA...
  FARBER...
  VANDALIA...

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.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 3920 9179 3930 9158 3932 9145 3918 9142
      3912 9178
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 251DEG 28KT 3917 9173

$$

SIPPRELL
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLSX 250150
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
851 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008

MOC007-250201-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-080625T0200Z/
AUDRAIN MO-
851 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 900 PM
CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.

LAT...LON 3920 9179 3930 9158 3932 9145 3918 9142
      3912 9178
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 251DEG 28KT 3924 9147

$$

SIPPRELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone37 min
Jun 24, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Monroe46 min
Jun 24, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway39 min
Jun 24, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis, Marion, Shelby43 min
Jun 25, 2:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXKnox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby12 hr
Jun 25, 5:59 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles4 days

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.