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Tornado Warning 33, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 12, 2006Audrain County, Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 5:13 PM CST for Audrain County, Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min. 14 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, 5:13 PM CST (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 12, 5:15 PM CST	HAIL 1.5	4 W Columbia, MO	DAMAGED SIDING ON HOUSE.
Mar 12, 5:15 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	Columbia, MO
Mar 12, 5:15 PM CST	HAIL 3	Columbia, MO	FROM A STORM SPOTTER
Mar 12, 5:20 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	Columbia, MO	POSSIBLE TOUCHDOWN. NO DAMAGE REPORTED AT THIS TIME.
Mar 12, 5:20 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Columbia, MO	NUMEROUS HOMES DAMAGED IN NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CITY. AT I-70 AND HIGHWAY 740...TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE GONE. TIME IS ESTIMATED.
Mar 12, 5:20 PM CST	HAIL 1.5	Columbia, MO	ON NORTH SIDE OF CITY.
Mar 12, 5:25 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	14 Sw Mexico, MO
Mar 12, 5:30 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 60	6 W Auxvasse, MO
Mar 12, 5:30 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	1 W Hatton, MO	ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS.
Mar 12, 5:30 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	6 W Auxvasse, MO
Mar 12, 5:30 PM CST	TORNADO	5 Ne Mexico, MO	LARGE TREES UPROOTED.
Mar 12, 5:30 PM CST	TORNADO	6 Nnw Mexico, MO	TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT HIGHWAYS 15 AND T.
Mar 12, 5:49 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	Mexico, MO
Mar 12, 6:00 PM CST	HAIL 1	Rush Hill, MO	HAIL COVERS THE GROUND.

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, 11:49 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 280 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 122314
TORLSX
MOC007-019-027-130000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0033.060312T2313Z-060313T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
513 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 508 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES SOUTH OF MIDWAY...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING
  TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE HAIL.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MURRY...
  HALLSVILLE...
  AUXVASSE...
  MEXICO...
  MARTINSBURG...
  LADDONIA...

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.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 3 
INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3896 9253 3880 9242 3883 9165 3924 9164
      3934 9176

$$

GLASS

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 122327
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
526 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

MOC007-019-027-130000-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060313T0000Z/
CALLAWAY MO-BOONE MO-AUDRAIN MO-
526 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR
AUDRAIN...CENTRAL BOONE AND NORTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTIES...

AT 523 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER MURRY...MOVING EAST AT 
50 MPH.  A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS REPORTED IN THE EAST CENTRAL 
PORTION OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
HATTON...KINGDOM CITY...AUXVASSE...VANDIVER...MEXICO...BENTON CITY...
SHAMROCK...MARTINSBURG...RUSH HILL AND LADDONIA.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WAS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
3 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.  THERE 
HAVE BEEN A NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 1 TO 3 INCH DIAMETER IN THE COLUMBIA 
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.

LAT...LON 3896 9253 3880 9242 3883 9165 3924 9164
      3934 9176

$$

GLASS

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 122337
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
536 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

MOC019-122346-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060313T0000Z/
BOONE MO-
536 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BOONE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3924 9210 3883 9216 3883 9165 3924 9164
      3934 9176

$$

MOC007-027-130000-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060313T0000Z/
CALLAWAY MO-AUDRAIN MO-
536 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
AUDRAIN AND NORTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTIES...

AT 533 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER HATTON...MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.  AT 530 PM...A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 
AND 60 MPH WINDS...6 MILES WEST OF AUXVASSE.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
AUXVASSE...THOMPSON...BENTON CITY...VANDIVER...MEXICO...RUSH HILL...
MARTINSBURG AND LADDONIA.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WAS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
3 INCH DIAMETER 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 3924 9210 3883 9216 3883 9165 3924 9164
      3934 9176

$$

GLASS/TES

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 130006
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
605 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

MOC027-130015-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060313T0000Z/
CALLAWAY MO-
605 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3924 9210 3883 9216 3883 9165 3924 9164
      3934 9176

$$

TES

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, 11:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Marion, Ralls	36 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, 5:16 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

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.