Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 1, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2006, 1:46 AM CST for Crawford County, Franklin County, Gasconade County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 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
- Jan 2, 2006, 1:46 AM CST (07:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2006, 2:30 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2:15 AM CST | HAIL 1.75 | 2 W Gerald, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 459 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 020746 TORLSX MOC055-071-073-020830- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0001.060102T0746Z-060102T0830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 146 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI EASTERN GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 230 AM CST * AT 143 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 17 MILES SOUTH OF OWENSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OWENSVILLE ROSEBUD GERALD DRAKE BEAUFORT 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 3808 9170 3800 9150 3854 9110 3868 9139 $$ TRUETT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 020758 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 155 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 MOC055-071-073-020830- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060102T0830Z/ CRAWFORD MO-FRANKLIN MO-GASCONADE MO- 155 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CST FOR EASTERN GASCONADE...WESTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES... AT 153 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO OVER OAK HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... CANAAN...OWENSVILLE...ROSEBUD...GERALD...DRAKE...LESLIE...BEAUFORT AND LYON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...AND PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3808 9170 3800 9150 3854 9110 3868 9139 $$ TRUETT
000 WWUS53 KLSX 020819 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 216 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 MOC055-073-020826- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060102T0830Z/ CRAWFORD MO-GASCONADE MO- 216 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GASCONADE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS EXITED THESE COUNTIES...TEMPORARILY ENDING THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM...SO PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. LAT...LON 3824 9138 3822 9134 3854 9110 3866 9137 $$ MOC071-020830- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060102T0830Z/ FRANKLIN MO- 216 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 ...DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION FOR WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY... ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CST FOR WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY... AT 214 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER GERALD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... LESLIE...BEAUFORT...AND LYON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...AND PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3824 9138 3822 9134 3854 9110 3866 9137 $$ TRUETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 1:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade | 44 min |
| Jan 2, 1:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Warren | 51 min |
| Jan 2, 2:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jan 2, 2:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Osage | 51 min |
| Jan 2, 2:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Warren | 44 min |
| Jan 2, 2:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 3:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 42 min |
| Jan 2, 3:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles | 45 min |
| Jan 2, 3:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 47 min |
| Jan 2, 3:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 4:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 40 min |
| Jan 2, 4:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 51 min |
| Jan 2, 4:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles | 43 min |
| Jan 2, 4:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jan 2, 4:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron | 25 min |
| Jan 2, 4:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis | 50 min |
| Jan 2, 5:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Jan 2, 5:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.