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Tornado Warning 71, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 2, 2006Saint Charles County, Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 4:51 PM CDT for Saint Charles County, Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri. It was in force for 39 min. 20 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, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2006, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

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

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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
Apr 2, 4:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Ballwin, MO	TREES DOWN AT MANCHESTER AND NEW BALLWIN
Apr 2, 4:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cottleville, MO	ROOFS DAMAGED BY HIGH WINDS
Apr 2, 4:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	O'Fallon, MO	STREET SIGN RIPPED OFF ITS POLE
Apr 2, 5:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Crestwood, MO	18 INCH DIAMETER TREE BLOWN DOWN
Apr 2, 5:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	St. Louis, MO	NUMEROUS LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN IN FOREST PARK.
Apr 2, 5:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 0	Oakville, MO	OFF DUTY WEATHER OBSERVER REGISTERED GUSTS TO 60 MPH ON WIND INSTRUMENT AT HOME.
Apr 2, 5:02 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Hazelwood, MO	WIND GUSTED TO 61 KNOTS AT 2202 Z AT LAMBERT ST LOUIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Apr 2, 5:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Ballwin, MO	LARGE TREES DAMAGED
Apr 2, 5:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Fenton, MO	SHINGLES BLOWN OFF ROOFS AT HWY 55/270
Apr 2, 5:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Overland, MO	36 INCH DIAMETER TREE BLOWN DOWN
Apr 2, 5:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	St. Charles, MO	3 TO 4 INCH TREE LIMBS SNAPPED OFF
Apr 2, 5:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	St. Peters, MO	NEAR MEXICO AND MUEGGE ROAD...TREE BLEW DOWN INTO A CAR WINDSHIELD AT THE HOME DEPOT.
Apr 2, 5:10 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Fenton, MO	ALSO WIND DAMAGE REPORTED AT I-55 AND TELEGRAPH ROAD
Apr 2, 5:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Manchester, MO	ROOF DAMAGE AT A SHELL STAION AT 141 AND MANCHESTER RD.
Apr 2, 5:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Overland, MO	LARGE TREES DOWNED
Apr 2, 5:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	St. Louis, MO	CLAY TILES BLOWN OFF ROOF ON PERNOUD, SHINGLES OFF SEVERAL ROOFS AND 6 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN AT CHIPPEWA AND KINGSHIGHWAY
Apr 2, 5:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Town And Country, MO	ROOF DAMAGE AT WITEFIELD SCHOOL
Apr 2, 5:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Webster Groves, MO	14 INCH DIAMETER PINE TREES BLOWN DOWN
Apr 2, 5:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Brentwood, MO	BUILDING DAMAGE AT ST. MARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, STREET SIGHS BLOWN DOWN
Apr 2, 5:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Overland, MO	TREE BLOCKING ROAD AT INTERSECTION OF FLORA AND SPENCER

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, 3:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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: 985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 022152
TORLSX
MOC183-189-510-022230-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0071.060402T2151Z-060402T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
451 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF      
  VALLEY PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.


* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RICHMOND HEIGHTS...
  BRENTWOOD...
  CLAYTON...
  MAPLEWOOD...
  HILLSDALE...
  UPLANDS PARK...
  RIVERVIEW...
  NORTHWOODS...
  BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS...
  SPANISH LAKE...

IN ADDITION...CSTORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN ST. 
PETERS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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 3886 9078 3836 9037 3857 9023 3877 9018
      3886 9018 3892 9031 3887 9060

$$

CVKING

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 022159
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
459 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

MOC183-189-510-022230-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-060402T2230Z/
ST. LOUIS CITY MO-ST. LOUIS MO-ST. CHARLES MO-
459 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
ST. CHARLES...ST. LOUIS AND ST. LOUIS CITY COUNTIES...

AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS FROM ORCHARD FARMS TO 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAKVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS INCLUDE...
WEST ALTON...ST. LOUIS...SPANISH LAKE AND RIVERVIEW.

THERE WAS A TORNADO REPORTED IN ST. PETERS AT 445 PM.

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 3886 9078 3836 9037 3857 9023 3877 9018
      3886 9018 3892 9031 3887 9060

$$

CVKING

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 022207
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
506 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

MOC183-189-510-022230-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-060402T2230Z/
ST. LOUIS CITY MO-ST. LOUIS MO-ST. CHARLES MO-
506 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
ST. CHARLES...ST. LOUIS AND ST. LOUIS CITY COUNTIES...

AT 501 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF TORNADO
PRODUCING STORMS FROM ORCHARD FARMS TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF OAKVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS INCLUDE...CITY 
OF ST. LOUIS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THESE STORMS WERE IS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN 
EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

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 3886 9078 3836 9037 3857 9023 3877 9018
      3886 9018 3892 9031 3887 9060

$$

CVKING

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 022222
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
523 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

MOC183-189-510-022233-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-060402T2230Z/
ST. LOUIS CITY MO-ST. LOUIS MO-ST. CHARLES MO-
523 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN ST. CHARLES...ST. LOUIS AND ST.
LOUIS CITY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3886 9078 3836 9037 3857 9023 3877 9018
      3886 9018 3892 9031 3887 9060

$$

CVKING

The 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	Iron, Madison, Saint Francois	44 min
Apr 2, 4:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Ralls	37 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

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.