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Tornado Warning 16, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 11, 2006Crawford County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 11, 2006, 7:54 PM CST for Crawford County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 min. 8 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
Mar 11, 2006, 7:54 PM CST (01:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 2006, 8:45 PM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crawford County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 11, 8:00 PM CSTHAIL 2.756 Se Steelville, MO
Mar 11, 8:00 PM CSTTORNADOSteelville, MOONE HOUSE DAMAGED...LARGE PINE TREES SNAPPED.
Mar 11, 8:05 PM CSTTORNADO5 Nw Cook Station, MOREPORT VIA PHELPS CO SHERIFF - DAMAGE EXTENDED FROM PHELPS CO INTO CRAWFORD CO BETEEN ROUTES NN AND YY
Mar 11, 8:22 PM CSTHAIL 1Steelville, MO
Mar 11, 8:25 PM CSTHAIL 1.75Steelville, MO
Mar 11, 8:28 PM CSTHAIL 1Cherryville, MO
Mar 11, 8:32 PM CSTHAIL 1.7513 E Steelville, MO
Mar 11, 8:40 PM CSTHAIL 1.753 N Cook Station, MOLOCATED IN WESCO

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 11, 2:22 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Mar 11, 6:49 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 348 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 789 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
789 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 120156
TORLSX
MOC055-120245-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0016.060312T0154Z-060312T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
754 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 845 PM CST

* AT 751 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  STEELVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COOK STATION...
  CHERRYVILLE...
  STEELVILLE...
  THE MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL OR LARGER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST SUNDAY 
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3779 9135 3779 9152 3792 9152 3806 9154
      3809 9112 3785 9111 3769 9115 3770 9131

$$

CARNEY
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLSX 120208
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
807 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

MOC055-120245-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060312T0245Z/
CRAWFORD MO-
807 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR CRAWFORD
COUNTY...

AT 806 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO OVER COOK STATION...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
CHERRYVILLE...STEELVILLE...DAVISVILLE...AND THE MARK TWAIN NATIONAL 
FOREST.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WAS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL OR LARGER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN 
EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

LAT...LON 3779 9135 3779 9152 3792 9152 3806 9154
      3809 9112 3785 9111 3769 9115 3770 9131

$$

CARNEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 6:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Washington39 min
Mar 11, 7:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Iron, Washington40 min
Mar 11, 7:22 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXReynolds38 min
Mar 11, 7:58 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXIron, Reynolds47 min
Mar 11, 8:20 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXMadison55 min
Mar 11, 8:26 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXWashington49 min
Mar 11, 8:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford28 min
Mar 11, 9:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois30 min
Mar 11, 9:05 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois40 min
Mar 11, 9:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington30 min
Mar 11, 9:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford29 min
Mar 11, 9:39 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXSainte Genevieve51 min
Mar 11, 9:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington47 min
Mar 11, 10:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve43 min
Mar 11, 10:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford38 min
Mar 11, 11:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Washington39 min
Mar 11, 11:53 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXCrawford, Washington37 min
Mar 12, 12:12 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXJefferson41 min
Mar 12, 12:18 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXWashington19 min
Mar 12, 12:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois40 min
Mar 12, 12:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLSXCrawford, Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington6 hr
Mar 12, 12:46 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXSainte Genevieve23 min
Mar 12, 2:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds32 min
Mar 12, 3:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLSXIron, Madison, Reynolds4 hr
Mar 12, 10:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby39 min
Mar 12, 10:54 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXMarion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby51 min
Mar 12, 11:24 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXMarion, Ralls36 min
Mar 12, 4:27 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXBoone, Moniteau48 min
Mar 12, 4:29 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXAudrain, Boone46 min
Mar 12, 5:13 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway47 min
Mar 12, 5:16 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Monroe29 min
Mar 12, 5:35 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXAudrain, Monroe, Pike, Ralls55 min
Mar 12, 5:54 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXAudrain, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike66 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.