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Tornado Warning 14, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 13, 2005Audrain County, Pike County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2005, 4:15 PM CDT for Audrain County, Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 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 13, 2005, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Audrain County, MO, Pike County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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
Jun 13, 4:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Louisiana, MO	A COUPLE OF TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG HIGHWAY 54 ON THE EAST SIDE OF LOUISIANA. POWER WAS ALSO REPORTED IN PARTS OF TOWN.

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 13, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 240 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 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 132114
TORLSX
MOC007-163-132200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0014.050613T2115Z-050613T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
415 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 413 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 11 MILES WEST OF NEW
  HARTFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW HARTFORD
  BOWLING GREEN
  EOLIA

THIS TORNADO WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3943 9102 3937 9089 3931 9083 3923 9101
      3923 9118 3915 9121 3915 9155 3918 9158
      3922 9159 3947 9107

$$

CARNEY

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 132132
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
431 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

MOC007-132141-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050613T2200Z/
AUDRAIN MO-
431 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR AUDRAIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 430 PM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAD INDICATED THAT THE STORM 
WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...ALTHOUGH 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT EASTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3933 9083 3931 9085 3924 9099 3924 9117
      3922 9119 3916 9121 3916 9142 3929 9143
      3947 9107

$$

MOC163-132200-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050613T2200Z/
PIKE MO-
431 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PIKE COUNTY...

AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO OVER NEW HARTFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
ASHLEY...ST. CLEMENT...BOWLING GREEN...EDGEWOOD...CYRENE AND EOLIA.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WAS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

LAT...LON 3933 9083 3931 9085 3924 9099 3924 9117
      3922 9119 3916 9121 3916 9142 3929 9143
      3947 9107

$$

CARNEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	52 min
Jun 13, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln, Warren	45 min
Jun 13, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Callaway	39 min
Jun 13, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain, Montgomery, Pike	45 min
Jun 13, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Gasconade, Montgomery	40 min
Jun 13, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln	17 min
Jun 13, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Osage	40 min
Jun 13, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Warren	60 min
Jun 13, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Gasconade	64 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles	60 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	49 min
Jun 13, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin	62 min
Jun 13, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln	34 min
Jun 13, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Louis	67 min
Jun 13, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Warren	28 min
Jun 13, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles	43 min
Jun 13, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin	54 min
Jun 13, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	54 min
Jun 13, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson	50 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.