Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 35, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2009, 6:34 PM CDT for Iron County, Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 26 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
- Jun 8, 2009, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Iron County, MO, Reynolds County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:01 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Lesterville, MO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 2013 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 082334 TORLSX MOC093-179-090000- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0035.090608T2334Z-090609T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 634 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... CENTRAL REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 633 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OATES...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IRONTON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CENTERVILLE...LESTERVILLE...REDFORD AND CHLORIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. && LAT...LON 3746 9065 3730 9093 3746 9100 3752 9090 TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 312DEG 13KT 3749 9094 $$ SIPPRELL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 082338 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 638 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009 MOC093-179-090000- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-090609T0000Z/ REYNOLDS MO-IRON MO- 638 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR IRON AND CENTRAL REYNOLDS COUNTIES... AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTERVILLE...OR 1 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IRONTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CENTERVILLE...LESTERVILLE...REDFORD AND CHLORIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. && LAT...LON 3746 9065 3730 9093 3746 9100 3752 9090 TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 312DEG 13KT 3748 9093 $$ SIPPRELL
000 WWUS53 KLSX 082351 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 651 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009 MOC093-179-090000- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-090609T0000Z/ REYNOLDS MO-IRON MO- 651 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR IRON AND EASTERN REYNOLDS COUNTIES... AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LESTERVILLE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IRONTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LESTERVILLE AND CHLORIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. && LAT...LON 3746 9090 3751 9086 3746 9065 3736 9083 TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 312DEG 13KT 3746 9086 $$ SIPPRELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 7:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron, Washington | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 6:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 34 min |
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.