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Tornado Warning 9, NWS St. Louis, MO

January 7, 2008Crawford County, Franklin County, Gasconade County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 8:35 PM CST for Crawford County, Franklin County, Gasconade County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 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: Jan 7, 2008, 8:35 PM CST (02:35 UTC)
Expired: Jan 7, 2008, 9:15 PM CST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 7, 9:00 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Owensville, MO	AT HIGHWAY 28 AND CUBA STREET IN OWENSVILLE...POWER LINES DOWNED AND TRANSFORMER CAUGHT FIRE.

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
Jan 7, 1:52 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	146 days
Jan 7, 7:48 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 261 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 765 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 281 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 7.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 080235
TORLSX
MOC055-071-073-080315-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0009.080108T0235Z-080108T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
835 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 915 PM CST

* AT 832 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 17 MILES SOUTH OF BLAND...
  OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF ROLLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLAND...
  OWENSVILLE...
  GERALD...
  ROSEBUD...
  BEAUFORT...

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.

THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OVER SOUTHWEST 
MISSOURI. 

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER
NOW

LAT...LON 3815 9154 3815 9165 3816 9166 3828 9166
      3862 9124 3827 9084 3820 9106 3821 9110
      3819 9110 3804 9153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 230DEG 41KT 3810 9171

$$

PRZYBYLINSKI

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 080315
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
915 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

ILC149-080325-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080108T0315Z/
PIKE IL-
915 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS EXPIRES AT 915 PM CST...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH 
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CST.

LAT...LON 3949 9059 3940 9081 3940 9083 3943 9091
      3969 9079
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 242DEG 38KT 3945 9074

$$

TES

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 7, 6:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	40 min
Jan 7, 7:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau	52 min
Jan 7, 8:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Callaway, Montgomery, Warren	48 min
Jan 7, 8:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Pike	48 min
Jan 7, 8:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Gasconade, Osage	38 min
Jan 7, 9:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Gasconade, Osage	41 min
Jan 7, 9:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Lincoln, Pike	47 min
Jan 7, 9:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Franklin, Gasconade, Warren	27 min
Jan 7, 10:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade	44 min
Jan 7, 10:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Saint Charles, Warren	47 min
Jan 7, 11:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles, Saint Louis	42 min
Jan 8, 12:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Gasconade	52 min
Jan 8, 12:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Washington	40 min
Jan 8, 1:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	50 min
Jan 8, 3:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Marion	17 hr
Jan 8, 4:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Osage, Washington	49 min
Jan 8, 4:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Iron, Reynolds	51 min
Jan 8, 5:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Washington	25 min
Jan 8, 1:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Lincoln	20 hr
Jan 8, 2:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Osage	20 hr

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.