Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 95, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Dec 27, 2008, 10:27 AM CST for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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, 10:27 AM CST (16:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2008, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Callaway County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Warren County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 10:39 AM CST | HAIL 0.25 | Wellsville, MO | |
| Dec 27, 10:41 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | New Florence, MO | ROOF SHINGLES BLOWN OFF THE ROOF OF A MOTEL. |
| Dec 27, 10:58 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Jonesburg, MO | ROOF SHINGLES BLOWN OFF THREE BUIDINGS. |
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, 4:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 278 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
- 87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 455 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 271627
TORLSX
MOC027-113-139-219-271700-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0095.081227T1627Z-081227T1700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1027 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 1100 AM CST
* AT 1024 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES SOUTH OF
WILLIAMSBURG...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF FULTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINEOLA...
NEW FLORENCE...
MONTGOMERY CITY...
BELLFLOWER...
BUELL...
JONESBURG...
HAWK POINT...
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 3904 9178 3914 9127 3914 9119 3887 9110
3877 9174
TIME...MOT...LOC 1627Z 247DEG 39KT 3886 9166
$$
CARNEY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 271643
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1043 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
MOC027-271654-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-081227T1700Z/
CALLAWAY MO-
1044 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3906 9164 3907 9164 3914 9127 3914 9119
3887 9110 3878 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 247DEG 39KT 3893 9144
$$
MOC113-139-219-271700-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-081227T1700Z/
WARREN MO-MONTGOMERY MO-LINCOLN MO-
1044 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN...MONTGOMERY AND NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTIES...
AT 1041 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW FLORENCE...OR
NEAR MONTGOMERY CITY...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...BELLFLOWER...
JONESBURG...TRUXTON AND OLNEY.
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 3906 9164 3907 9164 3914 9127 3914 9119
3887 9110 3878 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 247DEG 39KT 3893 9144
$$
CARNEYThe 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, 2:13 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, 10:32 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.