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Tornado Warning 7, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 5:29 PM CST for Calhoun County, Greene County, Illinois; Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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
- Jan 7, 2008, 5:29 PM CST (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2008, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Lincoln County, MO, Pike County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 5:45 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Paynesville, MO | BRUSH AND TREE LIMBS DOWN IN PAYNESVILLE ALONG HIGHWAY H. |
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 |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 383 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 072331 TORLSX ILC013-061-MOC113-163-080015- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0007.080107T2329Z-080108T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 529 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 615 PM CST * AT 528 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION JUST NORTH OF SILEX... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WHITESIDE... PAYNESVILLE... ELSBERRY... HAMBURG... CARROLLTON... GREENFIELD... ATHENSVILLE... 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 3950 9016 3933 9016 3909 9102 3919 9112 TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 249DEG 46KT 3915 9099 $$ BYRD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 072353 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 551 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008 MOC113-163-080001- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080108T0015Z/ LINCOLN MO-PIKE MO- 551 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. LAT...LON 3950 9016 3933 9016 3921 9071 3930 9078 TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 254DEG 50KT 3929 9067 $$ ILC013-061-080015- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080108T0015Z/ CALHOUN IL-GREENE IL- 551 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR CENTRAL GREENE AND CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTIES... AT 549 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF MOZIER ...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELSBERRY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...KAMPSVILLE... HAYPRESS...WALKERSVILLE...WOODY...BERDAN...BELLTOWN ...CARROLLTON...WRIGHTS...GREENFIELD AND ATHENSVILLE. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER 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 3950 9016 3933 9016 3921 9071 3930 9078 TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 254DEG 50KT 3929 9067 $$ BYRD
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 36 min |
| Jan 7, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 24 min |
| Jan 7, 3:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 31 min |
| Jan 7, 3:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 32 min |
| Jan 7, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 50 min |
| Jan 7, 2:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis | 26 min |
| Jan 7, 3:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 42 min |
| Jan 7, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 45 min |
| Jan 7, 3:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 50 min |
| Jan 7, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 51 min |
| Jan 7, 4:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls | 46 min |
| Jan 7, 4:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren | 48 min |
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.