Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2009, 10:19 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Saint Charles County, Warren County, Missouri. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2009, 10:19 AM CDT (15:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2009, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lincoln County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Warren County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 6:32 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 441 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KLSX 081519
SVRLSX
MOC113-183-219-081545-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0013.090308T1519Z-090308T1545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1019 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
NORTHWESTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
* AT 1016 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARRENTON...AND WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WRIGHT CITY...
MOSCOW MILLS...
WENTZVILLE...
TROY...
ST. PAUL...
WINFIELD...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3885 9130 3884 9128 3886 9128 3913 9078
3896 9069 3886 9061 3866 9125 3883 9135
TIME...MOT...LOC 1520Z 244DEG 55KT 3880 9115
$$
CARNEY2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 081538
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1038 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
MOC113-183-219-081545-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090308T1545Z/
ST. CHARLES MO-WARREN MO-LINCOLN MO-
1038 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN...EASTERN WARREN AND NORTHWESTERN ST.
CHARLES COUNTIES...
AT 1032 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORISTELL...OR NEAR WRIGHT CITY...AND WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...OLD
MONROE...WINFIELD...ST. PAUL AND FOLEY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3913 9078 3896 9069 3886 9061 3875 9108
3889 9105 3896 9101
TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 243DEG 51KT 3889 9087
$$
CARNEY000
WWUS53 KLSX 081546
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1046 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
MOC113-183-219-081556-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090308T1545Z/
ST. CHARLES MO-WARREN MO-LINCOLN MO-
1046 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN...EASTERN
WARREN AND NORTHWESTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1045 AM
CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM.
LAT...LON 3913 9078 3896 9069 3886 9061 3875 9108
3889 9105 3896 9101
TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 243DEG 51KT 3888 9087
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 9:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Shelby | 8 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage | 38 min |
| Mar 8, 9:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery and 2 more | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Osage | 26 min |
| Mar 8, 9:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Warren | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 10:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 10:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 8, 10:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 11:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 12:16 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 5 days |
| Mar 8, 2:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 4 days |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.