Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 78, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2008, 9:07 PM CDT for Monroe County, Shelby County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 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
- Jul 27, 2008, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2008, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Monroe County, MO, Shelby County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 9:19 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 S Clarence, MO | POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD OR TORNADO SOUTH OF CLARENCE...MULTIPLE POWER FLASHES OBSERVED |
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 27, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 277 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
- 566 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1193 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 280207 TORLSX MOC137-205-280245- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0078.080728T0207Z-080728T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 907 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 902 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 8 MILES WEST OF MAUD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MACON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAUD... WOODLAWN... MADISON... DUNCANS BRIDGE... THIS TORNADO WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER NOW LAT...LON 3973 9229 3934 9189 3935 9231 3937 9232 TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 311DEG 33KT 3962 9229 $$ GKS
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 280226
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
926 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
MOC205-280234-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-080728T0245Z/
SHELBY MO-
924 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THIS COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3961 9230 3961 9216 3935 9190 3934 9194
3935 9231 3936 9231 3937 9232
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 304DEG 23KT 3955 9218
$$
MOC137-280245-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-080728T0245Z/
MONROE MO-
924 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
MONROE COUNTY...
AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODLAWN...OR 12
MILES NORTHWEST OF PARIS...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...HOLLIDAY AND
MADISON.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 80 MPH.
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.
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 3961 9230 3961 9216 3935 9190 3934 9194
3935 9231 3936 9231 3937 9232
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 304DEG 23KT 3955 9218
$$
GKS000
WWUS53 KLSX 280250
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
950 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
MOC137-280257-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-080728T0245Z/
MONROE MO-
947 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN MONROE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 945 PM
CDT...
THE SEVERE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY
AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALTHOUGH
IT STILL MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AS
IT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD.
LAT...LON 3961 9230 3961 9216 3935 9190 3934 9194
3935 9231 3936 9231 3937 9232
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 304DEG 23KT 3954 9217
$$
GKSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion, Pike, Ralls | 45 min |
| Jul 27, 8:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion, Ralls | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike, Ralls | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 8:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Pike, Ralls | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Shelby | 37 min |
| Jul 27, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Monroe | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Montgomery | 63 min |
| Jul 27, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jul 27, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery, Warren | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 11:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin | 42 min |
| Jul 28, 2:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 61 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway, Osage | 7 days |
| Jul 28, 5:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Montgomery | 7 days |
| Jul 28, 10:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis | 8 days |
| Jul 28, 10:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Ralls | 15 days |
| Jul 28, 11:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 72 hr |
| Jul 28, 11:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 6 days |
| Jul 28, 3:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 7 days |
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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.