Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 89, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Dec 27, 2008, 2:13 AM CST for Marion County, Monroe County, Ralls County, Missouri; Adams County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports 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, 2:13 AM CST (08:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2008, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adams County, IL, Pike County, IL, Marion County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Ralls County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2:48 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 40 | Hannibal, MO | ESTIMATED WIND SPEED AROUND 40 MPH |
| Dec 27, 2:51 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 40 | 10 E Quincy, IL | MEASURED WIND GUSTS AT QUNICY AIRPORT |
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 |
| Dec 27, 1:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 270813 TORLSX ILC001-149-MOC127-137-173-270900- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0089.081227T0813Z-081227T0900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 213 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI NORTHWESTERN RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 300 AM CST * AT 211 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES WEST OF RENSSELAER...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF MONROE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. A SECOND TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR INDIAN CREEK...ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONROE CITY...AND WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PALMYRA... HANNIBAL... FALL CREEK... PAYSON... CAMP POINT... CLAYTON... 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 3984 9093 3944 9182 3962 9195 4013 9092 TIME...MOT...LOC 0813Z 238DEG 48KT 3969 9158 $$ TRUETT
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 270839
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
239 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
ILC149-MOC127-137-173-270848-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-081227T0900Z/
PIKE IL-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-MARION MO-
238 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION...NORTHWESTERN RALLS AND
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THESE AREAS.
HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AND A TORNADO WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PREDAWN HOURS.
LAT...LON 4013 9092 3990 9092 3989 9093 3976 9136
3980 9138 3987 9144
TIME...MOT...LOC 0838Z 231DEG 53KT 3992 9121
$$
ILC001-270900-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-081227T0900Z/
ADAMS IL-
238 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN
AND EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY...
AT 235 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BURTON...OR 7 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF QUINCY...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...COLUMBUS...CAMP
POINT...KELLERVILLE AND CLAYTON.
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 4013 9092 3990 9092 3989 9093 3976 9136
3980 9138 3987 9144
TIME...MOT...LOC 0838Z 231DEG 53KT 3992 9121
$$
TRUETT000
WWUS53 KLSX 270902
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
302 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
ILC001-270912-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-081227T0900Z/
ADAMS IL-
302 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 300 AM
CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.
HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A
TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PREDAWN
HOURS.
LAT...LON 4013 9092 3990 9092 3989 9093 3976 9136
3980 9138 3987 9144
TIME...MOT...LOC 0839Z 231DEG 53KT 3993 9119
$$
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, 1:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby | 44 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 |
| Dec 27, 11:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 41 min |
| Dec 27, 12:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Dec 27, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 51 min |
| Dec 27, 4:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Marion, Washington | 41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.