Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 81, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 30, 2008, 5:03 PM CDT for Sainte Genevieve County, Saint Francois County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 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, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2008, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 279 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
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 302203
TORLSX
MOC186-187-302245-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0081.080730T2203Z-080730T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
503 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 11 MILES WEST OF ROCKY
RIDGE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF BONNE TERRE...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKY RIDGE...
BLOOMSDALE...
WEINGARTEN...
STE. GENEVIEVE...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3789 9042 3805 9039 3805 9013 3803 9011
3802 9010 3796 9000 3792 8998 3791 8998
3788 8995 3775 9007
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 282DEG 21KT 3795 9042
$$
BRITT2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 302217
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
517 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008
MOC187-302224-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-080730T2245Z/
ST. FRANCOIS MO-
514 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF NORTHERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3790 9035 3805 9030 3805 9013 3803 9011
3796 9000 3792 8998 3791 8998 3788 8995
3775 9007
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 281DEG 25KT 3793 9030
$$
MOC186-302245-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-080730T2245Z/
STE. GENEVIEVE MO-
514 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR STE.
GENEVIEVE COUNTY...
AT 512 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR ROCKY
RIDGE...OR 12 MILES EAST OF DESLOGE. ANOTHER ROTATION WAS
INTENSIFYING JUST WEST OF BLOOMSDALE. BOTH ROTATIONS WERE MOVING
EAST AT 29 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...ROCKY RIDGE...
BLOOMSDALE...WEINGARTEN...RIVER AUX VASES...STE. GENEVIEVE AND
MINNITH.
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 3790 9035 3805 9030 3805 9013 3803 9011
3796 9000 3792 8998 3791 8998 3788 8995
3775 9007
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 281DEG 25KT 3793 9030
$$
BRITT000
WWUS53 KLSX 302244
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
544 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008
MOC186-302254-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-080730T2245Z/
STE. GENEVIEVE MO-
544 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 545 PM
CDT...
THE ROTATION WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 3790 9035 3805 9030 3805 9013 3803 9011
3796 9000 3792 8998 3791 8998 3788 8995
3775 9007
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 281DEG 25KT 3789 9004
$$
BRITTThe 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, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 64 min |
| Jul 30, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.