Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 64, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2006, 2:47 AM CST for Madison County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2006, 2:47 AM CST (08:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2006, 3:12 AM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Madison County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 13, 1:06 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 284 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
- 977 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 130847 TORLSX MOC123-130915- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0064.060313T0847Z-060313T0915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 247 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 315 AM CST * AT 242 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUCKHORN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUCKHORN... MARQUAND... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3736 9038 3730 9042 3732 9016 3749 9015 $$ CARNEY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 130856 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 255 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 MOC123-130915- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-060313T0915Z/ MADISON MO- 255 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY... AT 252 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER BUCKHORN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... MARQUAND. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS VERY STRONG ROTATION AND COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3736 9038 3730 9042 3732 9016 3749 9015 $$ CARNEY
000 WWUS53 KLSX 130912 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 311 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 MOC123-130921- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-060313T0915Z/ MADISON MO- 311 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST. LAT...LON 3736 9038 3730 9042 3732 9016 3749 9015 $$ CARNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 63 min |
| Mar 12, 9:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 64 min |
| Mar 12, 9:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox | 47 min |
| Mar 12, 10:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone | 24 min |
| Mar 12, 10:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Ralls | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 10:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 10:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Cole, Moniteau | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 10:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 11:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion, Ralls | 26 min |
| Mar 12, 11:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion, Shelby | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 11:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Callaway, Osage | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 11:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 11:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Moniteau | 39 min |
| Mar 13, 12:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Warren | 33 min |
| Mar 13, 12:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Cole | 29 min |
| Mar 13, 12:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 12:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway | 45 min |
| Mar 13, 12:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Callaway | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 12:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 1:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Osage | 39 min |
| Mar 13, 1:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Warren | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 1:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 27 min |
| Mar 13, 1:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 1:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 1:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 29 min |
| Mar 13, 2:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 2:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 55 min |
| Mar 13, 2:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 2:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 37 min |
| Mar 13, 3:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.