Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 35, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2005, 9:47 PM CST for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 28 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, 9:47 PM CST (03:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2005, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 28 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), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 279 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 280347 TORLSX MOC093-179-187-221-280415- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0035.051128T0347Z-051128T0415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 947 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 EASTERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NORTHEASTERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NORTHWESTERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 1015 PM CST * AT 944 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELLEVIEW...MOVING NORTH AT 70 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BELLEVIEW IRON MOUNTAIN IRONDALE BISMARCK 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. 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 3745 9100 3740 9078 3800 9044 3808 9081 $$ TRUETT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 280406 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1006 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 MOC093-179-280416- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-051128T0415Z/ REYNOLDS MO-IRON MO- 1006 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR IRON AND REYNOLDS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3774 9091 3773 9066 3800 9044 3808 9081 $$ MOC187-221-280415- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-051128T0415Z/ ST. FRANCOIS MO-WASHINGTON MO- 1006 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTIES... AT 1005 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO OVER CALEDONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... FRANKCLAY...LEADWOOD...POTOSI...MINERAL POINT...CADET...BONNE TERRE AND BLACKWELL. 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 3774 9091 3773 9066 3800 9044 3808 9081 $$ 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, 9:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 25 min |
| Nov 27, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 45 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.