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Tornado Warning 30, NWS St. Louis, MO

November 15, 2005Iron County, Washington County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 11:49 AM CST for Iron County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 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: Nov 15, 2005, 11:49 AM CST (17:49 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2005, 12:30 PM CST
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Iron County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 15, 7:42 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Nov 15, 10:13 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 268 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: 104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 239 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 151750
TORLSX
MOC093-221-151830-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0030.051115T1749Z-051115T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1149 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1230 PM CST

* AT 1146 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BIXBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELLEVIEW
  IRONDALE
  MINERAL POINT
  BIXBY
  BELGRADE

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN ST LOUIS.

LAT...LON 3770 9116 3759 9117 3767 9065 3801 9065

$$

MB/EL

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 151815
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1213 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

MOC093-151823-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-051115T1830Z/
IRON MO-
1213 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION HAS MOVED OUT OF IRON 
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3797 9069 3798 9069 3801 9065 3777 9065
      3777 9068 3776 9069 3776 9082 3775 9083
      3775 9095

$$

MOC221-151830-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-051115T1830Z/
WASHINGTON MO-
1213 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CST FOR 
WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 1211 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER 
BELGRADE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
IRONDALE.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3797 9069 3798 9069 3801 9065 3777 9065
      3777 9068 3776 9069 3776 9082 3775 9083
      3775 9095

$$

BRITT

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 151829
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1229 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

MOC221-151839-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-051115T1830Z/
WASHINGTON MO-
1229 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

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

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

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH 
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3797 9069 3798 9069 3801 9065 3777 9065
      3777 9068 3776 9069 3776 9082 3775 9083
      3775 9095

$$

BRITT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 15, 1:15 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Iron, Madison, Reynolds	6 hr
Nov 15, 3:48 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Reynolds	20 min
Nov 15, 4:15 AM CST	Freeze Warning	LSX	Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 14 more	28 hr
Nov 15, 6:51 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Iron, Madison, Reynolds	3 hr
Nov 15, 12:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Sainte Genevieve	28 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 2005 Every tornado warning in 2005 Tornadoes in 2005

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.