Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 30, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 11:24 AM CST for Marion County, Ralls County, Missouri; Adams County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 min. 5 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 12, 2006, 11:24 AM CST (17:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Adams County, IL, Pike County, IL, Marion County, MO, Ralls County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 11:25 AM CST | TORNADO | 3 Wsw Rensselaer, MO | TOUCHED DOWN IN OPEN FIELD AND DAMAGED ONE FARM OUTBUILDING. |
| Mar 12, 11:30 AM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 10 W Hannibal, MO | |
| Mar 12, 11:35 AM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 1 S Palmyra, MO | |
| Mar 12, 11:45 AM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Fall Creek, IL | HAIL COVERS THE HIGHWAY. |
| Mar 12, 11:45 AM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Hannibal, 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 12, 10:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 110 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 2570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 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 121725 TORLSX ILC001-149-MOC127-173-121800- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0030.060312T1724Z-060312T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1124 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI NORTHERN RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL NOON CST * AT 1121 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF WARREN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPAULDING... PALMYRA... RENSSELAER... HANNIBAL... FALL CREEK... QUINCY... PAYSON... 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 3977 9185 3958 9171 3961 9110 4003 9124 $$ TRUETT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 121801 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1201 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ILC001-149-MOC127-173-121811- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-060312T1800Z/ PIKE IL-ADAMS IL-RALLS MO-MARION MO- 1201 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MARION...NORTHERN RALLS...SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS AND NORTHWEST PIKE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. LAT...LON 3977 9185 3958 9171 3961 9110 4003 9124 $$ TRUETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 6:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 39 min |
| Mar 11, 7:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron, Washington | 40 min |
| Mar 11, 7:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 38 min |
| Mar 11, 7:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford | 51 min |
| Mar 11, 7:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 47 min |
| Mar 11, 8:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 55 min |
| Mar 11, 8:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 49 min |
| Mar 11, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 28 min |
| Mar 11, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 30 min |
| Mar 11, 9:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 40 min |
| Mar 11, 9:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 30 min |
| Mar 11, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 29 min |
| Mar 11, 9:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 51 min |
| Mar 11, 9:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 47 min |
| Mar 11, 10:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 43 min |
| Mar 11, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 38 min |
| Mar 11, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Washington | 39 min |
| Mar 11, 11:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 12:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 12:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 19 min |
| Mar 12, 12:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 12:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 23 min |
| Mar 12, 2:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 3:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison, Reynolds | 4 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby | 39 min |
| Mar 12, 10:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby | 51 min |
| Mar 12, 4:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 4:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone | 46 min |
| Mar 12, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 47 min |
| Mar 12, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Monroe | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Monroe, Pike, Ralls | 55 min |
| Mar 12, 5:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike | 66 min |
| Mar 11, 8:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 21 min |
| Mar 11, 9:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 39 min |
| Mar 11, 10:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 62 min |
| Mar 11, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 60 min |
| Mar 11, 10:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 41 min |
| Mar 11, 11:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 28 min |
| Mar 11, 11:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 38 min |
| Mar 11, 11:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 15 min |
| Mar 12, 12:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 19 min |
| Mar 12, 1:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 20 min |
| Mar 12, 1:57 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Clinton, Marion, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 39 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.