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Tornado Warning 34, NWS St. Louis, MO

November 27, 2005Reynolds County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2005, 9:20 PM CST for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 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, 9:20 PM CST (03:20 UTC)
Expired: Nov 27, 2005, 9:45 PM CST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Reynolds County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 245 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 280321
TORLSX
MOC179-280345-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0034.051128T0320Z-051128T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
920 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 945 PM CST

* AT 919 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 8 MILES WEST OF
  ELLINGTON...MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  REYNOLDS
  OATES

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND EASTERN MISSOURI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3715 9125 3709 9104 3760 9077 3761 9113

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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, 8:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Iron, Reynolds, Saint Francois, Washington	48 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

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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.