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Tornado Warning 18, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 13, 2005Crawford County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2005, 7:56 PM CDT for Crawford County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports 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, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2005, 8:36 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crawford County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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, 8:10 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	3 E Rosati, MO
Jun 13, 8:30 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Bourbon, 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 13, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 252 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: 2648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 6.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 140057
TORLSX
MOC055-140145-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0018.050614T0056Z-050614T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 751 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  CUBA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN
  REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN PHELPS COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CUBA
  STEELVILLE
  LEASBURG
  BOURBON


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 3814 9153 3789 9154 3794 9110 3820 9110
      3821 9136

$$

BRITT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 140120
SVSLSX

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

MOC055-140145-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050614T0145Z/
CRAWFORD MO-
816 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CRAWFORD 
COUNTY...

AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR  
STEELVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  THE ROTATION WITH THE STORM HAS 
WEAKENED SOMEWHAT...HOWEVER IT COULD STILL INTENSIFY QUICKLY.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...HUZZAH STATE PARK 
AND LEASBURG.

AT 815 PM CDT...A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL 3 MILES 
EAST OF ROSATI.

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 3804 9145 3795 9146 3794 9110 3820 9110

$$

BRITT

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 140136
SVSLSX

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

MOC055-140145-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050614T0145Z/
CRAWFORD MO-
835 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

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

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER 
POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  HOWEVER...THIS 
STORM REMAINS STRONG AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND 
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AS IS MOVES ACROSS HUZZAH STATE PARK.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH 
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3804 9145 3795 9146 3794 9110 3820 9110

$$

BRITT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Gasconade	45 min
Jun 13, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Osage	50 min
Jun 13, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Gasconade	24 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.