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Tornado Warning 32, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2005, 8:28 PM CST for Iron County, Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 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 27, 2005, 8:28 PM CST (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2005, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Iron County, MO, Reynolds County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 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 27, 8:55 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Centerville, MO | LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON ROUTE 21 BETWEEN CENTERVILLE AND LESTERVILLE. |
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 27, 8:28 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 280229 TORLSX MOC093-179-280300- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0032.051128T0228Z-051128T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 828 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 900 PM CST * AT 823 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 18 MILES SOUTH OF REYNOLDS...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... REYNOLDS OATES BIXBY BELLEVIEW 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 3717 9129 3710 9109 3774 9065 3773 9115 $$ TRUETT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 280249 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 848 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 MOC093-179-280300- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-051128T0300Z/ REYNOLDS MO-IRON MO- 848 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR WESTERN IRON AND REYNOLDS COUNTIES... AT 845 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO OVER CORRIDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... BLACK...OATES...AND CENTERVILLE. NIGHTTIME AND THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL MEAN THAT DANGEROUS WEATHER WILL HIT QUICKLY. DO NOT WAIT...IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER NOW THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3717 9129 3710 9109 3774 9065 3773 9115 $$ TRUETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 8:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds, Saint Francois, Washington | 48 min |
| Nov 27, 9:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 25 min |
| Nov 27, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Nov 27, 9:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds, Saint Francois, Washington | 28 min |
| Nov 27, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 25 min |
| Nov 27, 10:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington | 44 min |
| Nov 27, 10:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 38 min |
| Nov 27, 11:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 32 min |
| Nov 28, 12:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 27 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.