Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 33, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2005, 8:57 PM CST for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 48 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 27, 2005, 8:57 PM CST (02:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2005, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Iron County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 271 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 280258 TORLSX MOC093-179-187-221-280345- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0033.051128T0257Z-051128T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 857 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NORTHEASTERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WESTERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 945 PM CST * AT 854 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR CENTERVILLE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELLEVIEW...MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BELLEVIEW BISMARCK IRONDALE MINERAL POINT POTOSI LEADWOOD OLD MINES BONNE TERRE 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. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND EASTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3741 9108 3735 9087 3793 9046 3808 9091 $$ TRUETT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 280317 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 916 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 MOC179-280326- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-051128T0345Z/ REYNOLDS MO- 916 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR REYNOLDS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT OVER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...AND ADDITIONAL STORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ARE MOVING NORTHEAST. LAT...LON 3761 9103 3761 9077 3793 9046 3808 9091 $$ MOC093-187-221-280345- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-051128T0345Z/ IRON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-WASHINGTON MO- 916 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON...WESTERN ST. FRANCOIS AND NORTHERN IRON COUNTIES... AT 914 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO OVER BELLEVIEW...MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... IRONDALE...SHIRLEY...MINERAL POINT...POTOSI...FRANKCLAY...LEADWOOD... CADET AND OLD MINES. 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 3761 9103 3761 9077 3793 9046 3808 9091 $$ TRUETT
000 WWUS53 KLSX 280331 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 928 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 MOC093-187-221-280345- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-051128T0345Z/ IRON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-WASHINGTON MO- 928 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON...WESTERN ST. FRANCOIS AND NORTHERN IRON COUNTIES... AT 924 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO OVER BELGRADE...MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH. WHILE THIS STORM HAS EXITED NORTHERN IRON COUNTY...ANOTHER TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WESTERN REYNOLDS COUNTY...AND IT WAS ALSO RACING NORTH AT 60 MPH. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN IRON COUNTY. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... POTOSI...OLD MINES AND CADET. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WAS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3761 9103 3761 9077 3798 9043 3810 9091 $$ TRUETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 8:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.