Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 72, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 4:56 PM CDT for Iron County, Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 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
- Apr 2, 2006, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2006, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Iron County, MO, Reynolds County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 267 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 022156 TORLSX MOC093-179-022245- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0072.060402T2156Z-060402T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 456 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EASTERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 451 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 15 MILES WEST OF ANNAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ANNAPOLIS... GLOVER... 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 3737 9104 3722 9093 3729 9055 3763 9066 $$ GKS
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 022208
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
507 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
MOC093-179-022245-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-060402T2245Z/
REYNOLDS MO-IRON MO-
507 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN IRON AND EASTERN REYNOLDS COUNTIES...
AT 506 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO OVER SABULA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
ANAPOLIS...SABULA AND CHLORIDE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3737 9104 3722 9093 3729 9055 3763 9056
3765 9062
$$
GKS000
WWUS53 KLSX 022240 RRA
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
540 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
MOC093-179-022250-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-060402T2245Z/
REYNOLDS MO-IRON MO-
540 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IRON AND EAST CENTRAL
REYNOLDS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
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 10 PM.
LAT...LON 3737 9104 3722 9093 3729 9055 3763 9056
3765 9062
$$
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 | Iron, Madison, Saint Francois | 44 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.