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Tornado Warning 69, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 4:46 PM CDT for Iron County, Madison County, Saint Francois County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min. 3 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
- Apr 2, 2006, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2006, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 5:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 Wsw Fredericktown, MO | |
| Apr 2, 5:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Doe Run, MO | |
| Apr 2, 5:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 S Fredericktown, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 296 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
- 190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1069 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 022146 TORLSX MOC093-123-187-022230- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0069.060402T2146Z-060402T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 446 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SOUTHWESTERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER ARCADIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROSELLE... JUNCTION CITY... FREDERICKTOWN... 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 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EASTERN MISSOURI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3758 9074 3742 9064 3749 9020 3775 9049 $$ GKS
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 022158
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
458 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
MOC093-123-187-022230-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-060402T2230Z/
MADISON MO-IRON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-
458 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ST. FRANCOIS...EASTERN IRON AND NORTHERN MADISON
COUNTIES...
AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO OVER ROSELLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
CATHERINE PLACE...MINE LA MOTTE...JUNCTION CITY...FREDERICKTOWN AND
LIBERTYVILLE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3758 9074 3742 9064 3749 9016 3766 9018
3779 9037
$$
GKSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Osage | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Monroe, Shelby | 60 min |
| Apr 2, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Moniteau | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Washington | 66 min |
| Apr 2, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Warren | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 70 min |
| Apr 2, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Ralls | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Ralls | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Francois | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 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.