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Tornado Warning 52, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 13, 2006Lincoln County, Warren County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2006, 12:03 AM CST for Lincoln County, Warren County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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 13, 2006, 12:03 AM CST (06:03 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2006, 12:36 AM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lincoln County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:06 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 13, 12:30 AM CSTTORNADOJonesburg, MO*** 1 INJ *** SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED...3 MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED...NUMEROUS SHEDS AND OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. 1 INJURY REPORTED BY COUNTY EMA.
Mar 13, 12:40 AM CSTTORNADOJonesburg, MO*** 1 INJ *** SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED...3 MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED...NUMEROUS SHEDS AND OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. 1 INJURY REPORTED BY COUNTY EMA.

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 12, 8:42 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 259 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 2006-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 730 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 286 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 130603
TORLSX
MOC113-219-130645-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0052.060313T0603Z-060313T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1203 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1245 AM CST

* AT 1202 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 15 MILES WEST OF
  WARRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAWK POINT...
  DAVIS...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3904 9128 3874 9142 3877 9095 3920 9103

$$

GKS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLSX 130636
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1234 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

MOC113-219-130644-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-060313T0645Z/
WARREN MO-LINCOLN MO-
1234 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHERN WARREN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA INTO 
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH 
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM.

LAT...LON 3904 9128 3874 9142 3877 9095 3920 9103

$$

GKS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 6:12 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXPike63 min
Mar 12, 9:11 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXMonroe64 min
Mar 12, 9:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox47 min
Mar 12, 10:05 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXAudrain, Boone24 min
Mar 12, 10:10 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXMarion, Monroe, Ralls34 min
Mar 12, 10:20 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXMonroe40 min
Mar 12, 10:34 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXCole, Moniteau52 min
Mar 12, 10:41 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXMonroe29 min
Mar 12, 11:04 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXMarion, Ralls26 min
Mar 12, 11:09 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXLewis, Marion, Shelby35 min
Mar 12, 11:10 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXCallaway, Osage50 min
Mar 12, 11:47 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXMontgomery34 min
Mar 12, 11:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMoniteau39 min
Mar 13, 12:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Cole29 min
Mar 13, 12:26 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXLincoln40 min
Mar 13, 12:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway45 min
Mar 13, 12:35 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXCallaway40 min
Mar 13, 12:49 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXMontgomery40 min
Mar 13, 1:06 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXGasconade, Osage39 min
Mar 13, 1:15 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXLincoln, Warren44 min
Mar 13, 1:33 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXPike27 min
Mar 13, 1:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds25 min
Mar 13, 1:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade44 min
Mar 13, 1:57 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXReynolds29 min
Mar 13, 2:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles44 min
Mar 13, 2:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Washington55 min
Mar 13, 2:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis35 min
Mar 13, 2:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison37 min
Mar 13, 2:47 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXMadison25 min
Mar 13, 3:53 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXSainte Genevieve26 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.