Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 79, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 30, 2008, 3:26 PM CDT for Crawford County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 64 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 30, 2008, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2008, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crawford County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 554 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 302026 TORLSX MOC055-221-302130- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0079.080730T2026Z-080730T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 326 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 325 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANTHONIES MILL...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF STEELVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ANTHONIES MILL... OLD MINES... RICHWOODS... MINERAL POINT... 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 3821 9078 3795 9065 3789 9130 3806 9135 TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 257DEG 19KT 3799 9121 $$ CVKING
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 302036 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 336 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 MOC055-221-302130- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080730T2130Z/ WASHINGTON MO-CRAWFORD MO- 337 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 334 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF LATTY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANTHONIES MILL...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 22 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...LATTY...OLD MINES... RICHWOODS...CADET AND MINERAL POINT. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3803 9118 3821 9078 3795 9065 3791 9111 TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 257DEG 19KT 3800 9114 $$ CVKING
000
WWUS53 KLSX 302050
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
350 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008
MOC055-302100-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080730T2130Z/
CRAWFORD MO-
350 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3798 9108 3802 9108 3812 9074 3795 9065
3795 9066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 264DEG 20KT 3800 9105
$$
MOC221-302130-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080730T2130Z/
WASHINGTON MO-
350 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY...
AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF
LATTY...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF ANTHONIES MILL...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT
23 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...LATTY...OLD MINES
AND CADET.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3798 9108 3802 9108 3812 9074 3795 9065
3795 9066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 264DEG 20KT 3800 9105
$$
CVKINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 8:56 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 71 hr |
| Jul 29, 8:56 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 62 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 18 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Monroe, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Jul 30, 11:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole | 3 days |
| Jul 30, 11:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Warren | 4 days |
| Jul 30, 1:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 30 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 4 days |
| Jul 30, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.