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Tornado Warning 18, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 26, 2004Saint Francois County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2004, 7:44 PM CDT for Saint Francois County, Missouri. It was in force for 61 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
May 26, 2004, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2004, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Saint Francois County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 8:05 PM CDTHAIL 1Bonne Terre, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 300 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -75 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1412 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 270044
TORLSX
MOC187-270145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
741 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 741 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES WEST OF         
  POTOSI. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH...AND MAY
  PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FRANKCLAY  
  LEADWOOD
  BONNE TERRE
  PARK HILLS
  DESLOGE
  LEADINGTON
  FARMINGTON
  LIBERTYVILLE
  TIMBERLINE CREEK 

THIS STORM IS WILL ALSO PRODUCE LARGE DESTRUCTIVE AND DAMAGING WINDS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER NOW MOVE TO A
BASEMENT...UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER...OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY
ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STURDY BUILDING.

IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME OR TRAILER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND
SEEK SHELTER IN A MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

LAT...LON 3799 9064 3766 9063 3765 9019 3789 9048
          3799 9035 3803 9047

$$
RP/JP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis44 min
May 26, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXWashington58 min
May 26, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXSainte Genevieve64 min
May 27, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike52 min
May 27, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike48 min
May 27, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike33 min
May 27, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby62 min
May 27, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone67 min
May 27, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike, Ralls50 min
May 27, 5:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMonroe, Pike, Ralls4 hr
May 27, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe15 min
May 27, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery41 min
May 27, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln51 min
May 27, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWarren51 min
May 27, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXLincoln, Warren44 min
May 27, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis50 min
May 27, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXSaint Charles46 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.