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Tornado Warning 75, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 22, 2008Cole County, Osage County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2008, 3:52 AM CDT for Cole County, Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 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
Jul 22, 2008, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2008, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cole County, MO, Osage County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 233 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2008-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1547 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2008-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1547 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1918 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 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 220852
TORLSX
MOC051-151-220945-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0075.080722T0852Z-080722T0945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
352 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  WESTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 350 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR ST. MARTINS...OR
  ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 22
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JEFFERSON CITY...
  WARDSVILLE...
  TAOS...
  WESTPHALIA...

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 3866 9231 3861 9220 3858 9217 3857 9212
      3847 9193 3834 9212 3861 9236
TIME...MOT...LOC 0852Z 312DEG 19KT 3861 9231

$$

CVKING
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLSX 220901
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
401 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

MOC051-151-220945-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-080722T0945Z/
OSAGE MO-COLE MO-
401 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN COLE AND CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTIES...

AT 400 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELSTON...OR NEAR
JEFFERSON CITY...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
JEFFERSON CITY BY 410 AM CDT...
SCHUBERT AND TAOS BY 430 AM CDT...

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 3861 9236 3866 9231 3861 9220 3860 9220
      3858 9217 3857 9213 3857 9212 3847 9193
      3845 9196 3844 9199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0901Z 292DEG 21KT 3860 9225

$$

CVKING
000 
WWUS53 KLSX 220930 RRA
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
430 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

MOC051-151-220941-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-080722T0945Z/
OSAGE MO-COLE MO-
431 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLE AND CENTRAL OSAGE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3861 9236 3866 9231 3861 9220 3860 9220
      3858 9217 3857 9213 3857 9212 3847 9193
      3845 9196 3844 9199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0931Z 292DEG 21KT 3853 9204

$$

CVKING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis52 min
Jul 21, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox66 min
Jul 21, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXLewis, Marion44 min
Jul 21, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXKnox, Shelby51 min
Jul 21, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis, Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby44 min
Jul 21, 9:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXKnox, Lewis6 hr
Jul 21, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby44 min
Jul 21, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Ralls44 min
Jul 21, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Monroe, Ralls21 min
Jul 21, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Monroe51 min
Jul 21, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis42 min
Jul 22, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike44 min
Jul 22, 2:05 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXAudrain, Monroe, Montgomery, Ralls6 hr
Jul 22, 3:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau51 min
Jul 22, 4:08 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXCallaway, Cole, Osage22 min
Jul 22, 6:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXCallaway, Osage, Saint Charles30 days
Jul 22, 7:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBoone4 hr
Jul 22, 8:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole40 min
Jul 22, 9:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Osage45 min
Jul 22, 11:18 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXBoone13 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.