Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 88, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Dec 27, 2008, 1:31 AM CST for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 44 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
- Dec 27, 2008, 1:31 AM CST (07:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2008, 2:15 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Marion County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Shelby County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 1:58 AM CST | HAIL 0.25 | Paris, MO | PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN PARIS M) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 12:03 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 518 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 533 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 270731
TORLSX
MOC127-137-173-205-270815-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0088.081227T0731Z-081227T0815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
131 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
NORTHWESTERN RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 215 AM CST
* AT 126 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES SOUTH OF
MADISON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHELBINA...
MONROE CITY...
EMDEN...
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 3966 9184 3980 9159 3966 9158 3934 9223
3935 9226 3963 9223 3988 9185
TIME...MOT...LOC 0731Z 225DEG 57KT 3948 9211
$$
TRUETT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 270756
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
156 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
MOC205-270805-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0088.000000T0000Z-081227T0815Z/
SHELBY MO-
155 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF SHELBY
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3953 9210 3966 9184 3980 9159 3966 9158
3939 9213
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 239DEG 48KT 3957 9182
$$
MOC127-137-173-270815-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0088.000000T0000Z-081227T0815Z/
MONROE MO-RALLS MO-MARION MO-
155 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MARION...NORTHWESTERN RALLS AND CENTRAL MONROE
COUNTIES...
AT 151 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STOUTSVILLE...OR 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF PARIS...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...INDIAN CREEK AND
MONROE CITY.
A SECOND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF
PARIS...ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. PARIS IS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER
NOW
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 3953 9210 3966 9184 3980 9159 3966 9158
3939 9213
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 239DEG 48KT 3957 9182
$$
TRUETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 11:04 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 66 hr |
| Dec 27, 12:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Shelby | 46 min |
| Dec 27, 1:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion | 47 min |
| Dec 27, 2:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Ralls | 47 min |
| Dec 27, 2:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:05 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Reynolds, Saint Charles, Sainte Genevieve and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 7:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 16 min |
| Dec 27, 8:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Shelby | 29 min |
| Dec 27, 9:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion, Shelby | 25 min |
| Dec 27, 9:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby | 31 min |
| Dec 27, 9:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Monroe | 37 min |
| Dec 27, 9:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Ralls | 41 min |
| Dec 27, 10:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls | 44 min |
| Dec 27, 10:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Pike, Ralls | 35 min |
| Dec 27, 10:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Warren | 33 min |
| Dec 27, 10:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 43 min |
| Dec 27, 10:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 44 min |
| Dec 27, 10:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Dec 27, 11:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren | 43 min |
| Dec 27, 12:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Osage, Washington | 42 min |
| Dec 27, 12:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln, Montgomery, Saint Charles and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 12:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren, Washington | 37 min |
| Dec 27, 1:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 54 min |
| Dec 27, 1:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 53 min |
| Dec 27, 1:53 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 48 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:14 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Reynolds, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois and 1 more | 4 hr |
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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.