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Tornado Warning 7, NWS St. Louis, MO

January 2, 2006Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2006, 5:18 AM CST for Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri. It was in force for 27 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, 5:18 AM CST (11:18 UTC)
Expired: Jan 2, 2006, 5:45 AM CST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties City of Saint Louis, MO, Saint Louis County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:21 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
Jan 2, 5:30 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Woodson Terrace, MO	CAR PORT BLOWN OVER.

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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 229 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 021118
TORLSX
MOC189-510-021145-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0007.060102T1118Z-060102T1145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
518 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 545 AM CST

* AT 516 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER DES PERES...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OLIVETTE
  LADUE
  CLAYTON
  BRENTWOOD
  BEL-RIDGE
  GREENDALE
  OVERLAND
  ST. JOHN
  COOL VALLEY
  NORMANDY

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 3859 9053 3851 9044 3867 9018 3879 9034

$$

BRITT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 021138
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
535 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006

MOC189-510-021145-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060102T1145Z/
ST. LOUIS CITY MO-ST. LOUIS MO-
535 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CST FOR ST. 
LOUIS CITY AND ST. LOUIS CITY COUNTIES...

AT 531 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER ST. JOHN... 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
FLORISSANT...DELLWOOD...BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS...RIVERVIEW...BLACK 
JACK AND SPANISH LAKE.

A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL 
WILL AFFECT AREAS NEAR MEHLVILLE AND OAKVILLE.

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 3857 9031 3864 9031 3869 9027 3872 9041
      3887 9031 3880 9015 3873 9020 3860 9019
      3854 9026

$$

BRITT

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 021147
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
545 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006

MOC189-510-021155-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060102T1145Z/
ST. LOUIS CITY MO-ST. LOUIS MO-
545 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ST. LOUIS COUNTY AND ST. LOUIS CITY HAS 
EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER 
CONSIDERED TO BE SEVERE.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY 
AND ST. LOUIS CITY.  THESE STORMS COULD AGAIN BECOME SEVERE AND 
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.  A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 
UNTIL 8 AM CST.

LAT...LON 3857 9031 3864 9031 3869 9027 3872 9041
      3887 9031 3880 9015 3873 9020 3860 9019
      3854 9026

$$

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, 3:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Franklin, Saint Charles	34 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

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.