Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 4, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2006, 3:41 AM CST for Franklin County, Saint Charles County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 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
- Jan 2, 2006, 3:41 AM CST (09:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2006, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Franklin County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 3:45 AM CST | HAIL 0.75 | 3 N Union, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 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 020943 TORLSX MOC071-183-021015- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0004.060102T0941Z-060102T1015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 341 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI WESTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 415 AM CST * AT 340 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER UNION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. CLAIR. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WASHINGTON AUGUSTA DEFIANCE NEW MELLE DARDENNE PRAIRIE WELDON SPRING COTTLEVILLE 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. LAT...LON 3840 9112 3835 9104 3877 9057 3877 9089 $$ BRITT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 021000 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 358 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 MOC071-183-021015- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060102T1015Z/ FRANKLIN MO-ST. CHARLES MO- 358 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CST FOR WESTERN ST. CHARLES AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES... AT 355 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES EAST OF WASHINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A SECOND THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROBERTSVILLE. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... MATSON...DEFIANCE...NEW MELLE...DARDENNE PRAIRIE AND WELDON SPRING. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3840 9112 3835 9104 3877 9057 3877 9089 $$ BRITT
000 WWUS53 KLSX 021017 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 415 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 MOC071-183-021025- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060102T1015Z/ FRANKLIN MO-ST. CHARLES MO- 415 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN ST. CHARLES AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE ROTATION IN THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SHOWING WEAK ROTATION ARE OCCURRING OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI. ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST. LAT...LON 3840 9112 3835 9104 3877 9057 3877 9089 $$ BRITT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 1:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade | 44 min |
| Jan 2, 1:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Warren | 51 min |
| Jan 2, 1:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade | 44 min |
| Jan 2, 2:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jan 2, 2:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Osage | 51 min |
| Jan 2, 2:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Warren | 44 min |
| Jan 2, 2:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 3:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 42 min |
| Jan 2, 3:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles | 45 min |
| Jan 2, 3:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 47 min |
| Jan 2, 4:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 40 min |
| Jan 2, 4:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 51 min |
| Jan 2, 4:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles | 43 min |
| Jan 2, 4:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jan 2, 4:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron | 25 min |
| Jan 2, 4:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis | 50 min |
| Jan 2, 5:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Jan 2, 5:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 27 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.