Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 80, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 18, 2006, 10:12 PM CDT for Franklin County, Gasconade County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 min. 7 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 18, 2006, 10:12 PM CDT (03:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2006, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 18, 10:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Drake, MO | TOP OF LARGE CEDAR TREE SNAPPED FROM HIGH WIND. |
| Apr 18, 10:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | St. Clair, MO | |
| Apr 18, 10:23 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Ne Gerald, MO | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN...DAMAGE RATED F0. |
| Apr 18, 10:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 E Rosebud, MO | ALONG THE GASCONADE/FRANKLIN COUNTY LINE. |
| Apr 18, 10:40 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Washington, MO | |
| Apr 18, 10:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Nw Leslie, MO | |
| Apr 18, 10:49 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Noser Mill, 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 18, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 286 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
- 1677 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 190312 TORLSX MOC071-073-190400- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0080.060419T0312Z-060419T0400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1012 PM CDT TUE APR 18 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI EASTERN GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 1008 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER ROSEBUD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GERALD... BEAUFORT... UNION... WASHINGTON... VILLA RIDGE... 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 3854 9146 3832 9147 3836 9080 3856 9088 $$ TRUETT
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 190340
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1039 PM CDT TUE APR 18 2006
MOC073-190349-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-060419T0400Z/
GASCONADE MO-
1039 PM CDT TUE APR 18 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN GASCONADE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED GASCONADE COUNTY.
HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM.
LAT...LON 3854 9138 3820 9136 3821 9079 3856 9074
3854 9094 3859 9118 3870 9136
$$
MOC071-190400-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-060419T0400Z/
FRANKLIN MO-
1039 PM CDT TUE APR 18 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR FRANKLIN
COUNTY...
AT 1037 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO OVER NOSER MILL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
STANTON...ST. CLAIR...PARKWAY...UNION AND PINEY PARK.
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 3854 9138 3820 9136 3821 9079 3856 9074
3854 9094 3859 9118 3870 9136
$$
TRUETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone | 57 min |
| Apr 18, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Moniteau | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway | 62 min |
| Apr 18, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Osage | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Monroe | 24 min |
| Apr 18, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Ralls | 54 min |
| Apr 18, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Warren | 29 min |
| Apr 18, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Osage | 29 min |
| Apr 18, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 28 min |
| Apr 18, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 11:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Apr 18, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | City of Saint Louis | 12 min |
| Apr 19, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve | 60 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.