Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 14, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 11, 2006, 5:14 PM CST for Audrain County, Callaway County, Montgomery County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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
- Mar 11, 2006, 5:14 PM CST (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Audrain County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Montgomery County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 5:15 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Wellsville, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 292 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
- 1574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 112314 TORLSX MOC007-027-139-120000- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0014.060311T2314Z-060312T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 514 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHEASTERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 600 PM CST * AT 511 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER WILLIAMSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHAMROCK... WELLSVILLE... MARTINSBURG... MONTGOMERY CITY... BUELL... THIS TORNADO WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND EASTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3895 9190 3882 9174 3902 9138 3932 9146 $$ BYRD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 112333 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 529 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 MOC027-112339- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-060312T0000Z/ CALLAWAY MO- 529 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CALLAWAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION HAS MOVED OUT OF CALLAWAY COUNTY...SO THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND EASTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3907 9165 3882 9165 3902 9138 3932 9146 $$ MOC007-139-120000- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-060312T0000Z/ MONTGOMERY MO-AUDRAIN MO- 529 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR EASTERN AUDRAIN AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES... AT 525 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO 3 MILES EAST OF WELLSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... BUELL...BELLFLOWER AND MIDDLETOWN. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WAS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZED SIZE HAIL AND 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 3907 9165 3882 9165 3902 9138 3932 9146 $$ BYRD/RP
000 WWUS53 KLSX 112356 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 556 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 MOC007-139-120006- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-060312T0000Z/ MONTGOMERY MO-AUDRAIN MO- 556 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN AUDRAIN AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. LAT...LON 3907 9165 3882 9165 3902 9138 3932 9146 $$ BYRD
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 1:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 29 min |
| Mar 11, 1:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 40 min |
| Mar 11, 2:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 14 min |
| Mar 11, 2:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron | 32 min |
| Mar 11, 2:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 64 min |
| Mar 11, 2:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Francois | 53 min |
| Mar 11, 2:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 33 min |
| Mar 11, 2:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 30 min |
| Mar 11, 2:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Mar 11, 3:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 14 min |
| Mar 11, 3:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Moniteau | 51 min |
| Mar 11, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone | 45 min |
| Mar 11, 3:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway | 50 min |
| Mar 11, 3:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Ralls | 47 min |
| Mar 11, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 34 min |
| Mar 11, 4:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 44 min |
| Mar 11, 4:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 27 min |
| Mar 11, 4:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 37 min |
| Mar 11, 4:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway | 46 min |
| Mar 11, 4:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Shelby | 45 min |
| Mar 11, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone | 18 min |
| Mar 11, 5:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Mar 11, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 30 min |
| Mar 11, 5:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 40 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.