Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 63, NWS St. Louis, MO
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:37 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Laddonia, 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.
- 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
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
$$
SIPPRELL1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 250150
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
851 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008
MOC007-250201-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-080625T0200Z/
AUDRAIN MO-
851 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 900 PM
CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.
LAT...LON 3920 9179 3930 9158 3932 9145 3918 9142
3912 9178
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 251DEG 28KT 3924 9147
$$
SIPPRELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone | 37 min |
| Jun 24, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Monroe | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion, Shelby | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 2:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby | 12 hr |
| Jun 25, 5:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 4 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.