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Tornado Warning 54, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 27, 2004Warren County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 2004, 2:46 PM CDT for Warren County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 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
Aug 27, 2004, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2004, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 27, 9:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Aug 27, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 271 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 12:00Z on 2004-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2178 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2178 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 271946
TORLSX
MOC219-272030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
246 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 246 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  HOLSTEIN. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...AND MAY PRODUCE A
  TORNADO AT ANY TIME

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WARRENTON
  HOLSTEIN
  TRUESDALE
  WRIGHT CITY

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.

LAT...LON 3887 9140 3872 9145 3860 9099 3886 9099
      3895 9122

$$

FG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 8:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXKnox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Ralls and 1 more4 hr
Aug 27, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery51 min
Aug 27, 2:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery44 min
Aug 27, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXOsage25 min
Aug 27, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Osage50 min
Aug 27, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Warren45 min
Aug 27, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin31 min
Aug 27, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis49 min
Aug 27, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.