Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 8, 2008, 1:28 PM CST for Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 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 8, 2008, 1:28 PM CST (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2008, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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 8, 1:46 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Cardwell, MO | ROOFS OFF OF HOUSES...OUTBUILDINGS OVERTURNED...TREES DOWN |
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 8, 8:34 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:26 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 466 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 474 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMEG 081929 RRA
TORMEG
MOC069-155-082015-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0004.080108T1928Z-080108T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
128 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 215 PM CST
* AT 128 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HORNERSVILLE...OR
ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF SENATH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
KENNETT...DENTON...DEERING...HOLCOMB...CLARKTON...HAYTI HEIGHTS...
HAYTI...WARDELL AND BOLTON.
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
.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.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3641 8994 3641 8977 3645 8972 3639 8956
3599 8997 3600 9034 3618 9022 3620 9014
3628 9006 3639 9007 3649 8999 3649 8995
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 235DEG 55KT 3609 9010
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMEG 081949
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
148 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
MOC069-155-082015-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080108T2015Z/
DUNKLIN MO-PEMISCOT MO-
148 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN PEMISCOT AND SOUTHEASTERN DUNKLIN COUNTIES...
AT 148 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DEERING...OR ABOUT
8 MILES NORTH OF STEELE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PASCOLA...HAYTI HEIGHTS...HAYTI...HOMESTOWN...WARDELL...BOLTON...
NORTH WARDELL AND HAYWARD.
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3642 8968 3639 8956 3635 8962 3633 8962
3599 8997 3602 9003 3640 8998 3641 8977
3645 8972
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 235DEG 55KT 3621 8985
$$
TLSJR000
WWUS54 KMEG 082013
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
211 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
MOC069-155-082021-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080108T2015Z/
DUNKLIN MO-PEMISCOT MO-
211 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PEMISCOT AND SOUTHEASTERN
DUNKLIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM CST...
AT 211 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA
AND WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3642 8968 3639 8956 3635 8962 3633 8962
3599 8997 3602 9003 3640 8998 3641 8977
3645 8972
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 235DEG 55KT 3641 8949
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 9:18 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 25 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.