Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 85, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 29, 2008, 5:48 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 42 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
- Sep 29, 2008, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2008, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 6:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Nne Bonne Terre, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 289 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
- 540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 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 292248 TORLSX MOC099-186-187-221-292330- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0085.080929T2248Z-080929T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 548 PM CDT MON SEP 29 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI EXTREME EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WESTERN STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BONNE TERRE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DE SOTO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BONNE TERRE... 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3799 9023 3779 9039 3801 9071 3810 9063 TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 298DEG 24KT 3802 9061 $$ TES
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 292328 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 628 PM CDT MON SEP 29 2008 MOC099-186-187-221-292338- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-080929T2330Z/ ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-WASHINGTON MO-JEFFERSON MO- 628 PM CDT MON SEP 29 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN JEFFERSON...EXTREME EASTERN WASHINGTON...WESTERN STE. GENEVIEVE AND ST. FRANCOIS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 630 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. LAT...LON 3799 9023 3779 9039 3801 9071 3810 9063 TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 298DEG 24KT 3789 9031 $$ TES
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren | 47 min |
| Sep 29, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington | 43 min |
| Sep 29, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison | 43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.