Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 104, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 2006, 4:17 PM CDT for Franklin County, Jefferson County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports 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
- Sep 22, 2006, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2006, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Franklin County, MO, Jefferson County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 4:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Dittmer, MO | |
| Sep 22, 4:52 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Antonia, MO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 1:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 277 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
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 571 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 612 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 222116 TORLSX MOC071-099-222200- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0104.060922T2117Z-060922T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 417 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONEDELL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF ST. CLAIR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HILLSBORO... DITTMER... CEDAR HILL... ANTONIA... PEVELY... HERCULANEUM... FESTUS... BARNHART... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND EASTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3825 9102 3816 9074 3822 9036 3847 9040 $$ CVKING
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 222136 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 436 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 MOC071-222146- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0104.000000T0000Z-060922T2200Z/ FRANKLIN MO- 436 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3838 9067 3821 9060 3822 9036 3845 9036 $$ MOC099-222200- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0104.000000T0000Z-060922T2200Z/ JEFFERSON MO- 436 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 434 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HILLSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... OTTO...BARNHART...ANTONIA...PEVELY...HERCULANEUM...KIMMSWICK AND ARNOLD. 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 3838 9067 3821 9060 3822 9036 3845 9036 $$ CVKING
000 WWUS53 KLSX 222154 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 454 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 MOC099-222204- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0104.000000T0000Z-060922T2200Z/ JEFFERSON MO- 454 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 500 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. LAT...LON 3838 9067 3821 9060 3822 9036 3845 9036 $$ CVKING
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Washington | 76 min |
| Sep 22, 2:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 43 min |
| Sep 22, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 63 min |
| Sep 22, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Francois, Washington | 41 min |
| Sep 22, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Washington | 37 min |
| Sep 22, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 47 min |
| Sep 22, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds, Washington | 62 min |
| Sep 22, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Washington | 49 min |
| Sep 22, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 58 min |
| Sep 22, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Sep 22, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 48 min |
| Sep 22, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 56 min |
| Sep 22, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 44 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.