Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 34, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 5:16 PM CST for Audrain County, Boone County, Monroe County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 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
- Mar 12, 2006, 5:16 PM CST (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Monroe County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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, 5:30 PM CST | TORNADO | 6 Nnw Mexico, MO | TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT HIGHWAYS 15 AND T. |
| Mar 12, 5:40 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Santa Fe, 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, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 285 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 122316 TORLSX MOC007-019-137-122345- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0034.060312T2316Z-060312T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 516 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 545 PM CST * AT 513 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER CENTRALIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PARIS... SANTA FE... 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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN ST LOUIS. LAT...LON 3932 9230 3910 9221 3934 9171 3964 9171 $$ TRUETT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 122329 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 527 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 MOC019-122337- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-060312T2345Z/ BOONE MO- 527 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEAST BOONE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING AS EXITED THIS AREA. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. LAT...LON 3937 9216 3914 9207 3928 9170 3964 9171 $$ MOC007-137-122345- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-060312T2345Z/ AUDRAIN MO-MONROE MO- 527 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND NORTHWEST AUDRAIN COUNTIES... AT 523 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES NORTH OF THOMPSON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... SANTA FE AND FLORIDA. 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 3937 9216 3914 9207 3928 9170 3964 9171 $$ TRUETT
000 WWUS53 KLSX 122333 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 531 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 MOC007-137-122345- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-060312T2345Z/ AUDRAIN MO-MONROE MO- 531 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND NORTHERN AUDRAIN COUNTIES... AT 528 PM CST...SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 15 AND ROUTE T...MOVING NORTHEAST. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... SANTA FE AND LADDONIA. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3937 9216 3914 9207 3928 9170 3964 9171 $$ 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, 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, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 47 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 |
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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.