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Tornado Warning 70, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 8, 2008Ralls County, Missouri; Pike County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2008, 3:29 PM CDT for Ralls County, Missouri; Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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: Jul 8, 2008, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2008, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Pike County, IL, Ralls County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 8, 3:40 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Kinderhook, IL	REPORT RELAYED FROM MEDIA.
Jul 8, 3:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ne Pittsfield, IL	LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF PITTSFIELD ILLINOIS NEAR HIGHWAY 106

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
Jul 8, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 213 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1492 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 082029
TORLSX
ILC149-MOC173-082115-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0070.080708T2029Z-080708T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
329 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
  CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 325 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 13 MILES WEST OF BARRY...
  OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HANNIBAL...MOVING EAST AT 36 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BARRY...
  PITTSFIELD...
  GRIGGSVILLE...

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 3969 9064 3965 9061 3954 9057 3953 9058
      3954 9114 3960 9120 3955 9130 3955 9135
      3969 9135 3969 9132 3971 9135 3973 9135
      3977 9061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 269DEG 31KT 3964 9122

$$

CARNEY

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 082045
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
344 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

MOC173-082054-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-080708T2115Z/
RALLS MO-
344 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RALLS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF RALLS 
COUNTY...HOWEVER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT 
UNTIL 900 PM.

LAT...LON 3977 9061 3973 9063 3969 9064 3965 9061
      3954 9057 3953 9058 3954 9110 3960 9117
      3974 9118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 270DEG 47KT 3962 9092

$$

ILC149-082115-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-080708T2115Z/
PIKE IL-
344 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

AT 341 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EL DARA...OR 8
MILES WEST OF PITTSFIELD...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 54 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...PITTSFIELD...TIME...
GRIGGSVILLE...DETROIT...FLORENCE...MILTON...VALLEY CITY AND
MONTEZUMA.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY 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 3977 9061 3973 9063 3969 9064 3965 9061
      3954 9057 3953 9058 3954 9110 3960 9117
      3974 9118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 270DEG 47KT 3962 9092

$$

CARNEY

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 082113
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
413 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

ILC149-082123-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-080708T2115Z/
PIKE IL-
413 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS EXPIRES AT 415 PM CDT...

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

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM.

LAT...LON 3977 9061 3973 9063 3969 9064 3965 9061
      3954 9057 3953 9058 3954 9110 3960 9117
      3974 9118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 270DEG 47KT 3961 9043

$$

CARNEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 1:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LSX	Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 14 more	14 hr
Jul 8, 2:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Shelby	6 hr
Jul 8, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion, Ralls	45 min
Jul 8, 3:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Ralls	5 hr
Jul 8, 3:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Marion	5 hr
Jul 8, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain, Boone	30 min
Jul 8, 4:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Monroe	3 days
Jul 8, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain, Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls and 1 more	53 min
Jul 8, 3:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Brown	26 min
Jul 8, 3:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Adams	4 hr
Jul 8, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Greene, Macoupin, Montgomery	39 min
Jul 8, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Montgomery	35 min
Jul 8, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery	55 min
Jul 8, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Montgomery	41 min

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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.