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Tornado Warning 26, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 19, 2005Montgomery County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 19, 2005, 6:59 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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: Sep 19, 2005, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2005, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Montgomery County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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, 7:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S New Florence, MO	TREES BLOWN DOWN SOUTH OF TOWN ON HIGHWAY 19.
Sep 19, 7:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mckittrick, MO	TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 94 EAST AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 19...HIGHWAY 94 INTERSECTION.

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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 284 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: 357 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -217 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 433 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 545 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 11.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 192359
TORLSX
MOC139-200045-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0026.050919T2359Z-050920T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 657 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 10 MILES WEST OF
  MINEOLA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MINEOLA
  MONTGOMERY CITY
  NEW FLORENCE
  BUELL
  BELLFLOWER

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 3914 9127 3885 9128 3885 9141 3884 9143
      3872 9143 3871 9151 3869 9155 3869 9160
      3871 9165 3915 9163

$$

CVKING

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 200045 RRB
SVSLSX

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

MOC139-200056-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050920T0045Z/
MONTGOMERY MO-
746 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

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

LAT...LON 3914 9127 3885 9128 3885 9141 3884 9143
      3872 9143 3871 9151 3869 9155 3869 9160
      3871 9165 3915 9163

$$

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, 6:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Callaway	28 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.