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Tornado Warning 31, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 12:54 PM CST for Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri; Monroe County, Randolph County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 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
- Nov 15, 2005, 12:54 PM CST (18:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 1:22 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Monroe County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Sainte Genevieve County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 1:05 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Ames, IL | 12 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB DOWNED |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 10:13 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 267 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 151855 TORLSX ILC133-157-MOC186-151945- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0031.051115T1854Z-051115T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1254 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 145 PM CST * AT 1252 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 7 MILES WEST OF BLOOMSDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RED BUD EVANSVILLE PRAIRIE DU ROCHER KIDD 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. 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 3804 9041 3795 9034 3811 8979 3832 9001 $$ BRITT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 151910 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 108 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 MOC186-151918- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-051115T1945Z/ STE. GENEVIEVE MO- 108 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION HAS MOVED OUT OF STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3812 9023 3805 9013 3811 8979 3832 9001 $$ ILC133-157-151945- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-051115T1945Z/ RANDOLPH IL-MONROE IL- 108 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CST FOR MONROE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES... AT 102 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO OVER KIDD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... RED BUD...PRAIRIE...HECKER AND PRESTON. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WAS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER 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 3812 9023 3805 9013 3811 8979 3832 9001 $$ BRITT
000 WWUS53 KLSX 151922 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 121 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ILC133-157-151931- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-051115T1945Z/ RANDOLPH IL-MONROE IL- 121 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MONROE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE ROTATION WITH THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST. LAT...LON 3812 9023 3805 9013 3811 8979 3832 9001 $$ 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, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Washington | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 1:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington | 56 min |
| Nov 15, 2:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 25 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.