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Tornado Warning 25, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 19, 2005Callaway County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 19, 2005, 6:54 PM CDT for Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 min. 3 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: Sep 19, 2005, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2005, 7:22 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Callaway County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 19, 7:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 E Fulton, MO	SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS AND TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.
Sep 19, 7:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Chamois, MO	SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN...SIZE UNKNOWN.
Sep 19, 7:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Portland, MO	SEVERAL LARGE TREES AND TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN AND WERE BLOCKING HIGHWAY D.

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
Sep 19, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 258 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: 771 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -346 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 192355
TORLSX
MOC027-200045-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0025.050919T2354Z-050920T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
654 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES WEST OF
  WILLIAMSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WILLIAMSBURG
  SHAMROCK

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3859 9218 3864 9222 3868 9219 3871 9222
      3880 9214 3890 9217 3906 9213 3906 9166
      3871 9166 3872 9174 3868 9180 3868 9185
      3857 9203

$$

CVKING

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 200022
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
722 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

MOC027-200032-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-050920T0045Z/
CALLAWAY MO-
722 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

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

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3859 9218 3864 9222 3868 9219 3871 9222
      3880 9214 3890 9217 3906 9213 3906 9166
      3871 9166 3872 9174 3868 9180 3868 9185
      3857 9203

$$

CVKING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 18, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Shelby	47 min
Sep 19, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lewis	34 min
Sep 19, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	52 min
Sep 19, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Boone	68 min
Sep 19, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Ralls	18 min
Sep 19, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Moniteau	72 min
Sep 19, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Moniteau	30 min
Sep 19, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Callaway	72 min
Sep 19, 6:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Boone	114 min
Sep 19, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Cole	52 min
Sep 19, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Moniteau	37 min
Sep 19, 6:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Callaway, Montgomery	3 hr
Sep 19, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Osage	30 min
Sep 19, 6:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Montgomery	46 min

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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.