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Tornado Warning 88, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 22, 2006Audrain County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2006, 12:59 PM CDT for Audrain County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min. 5 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: Jun 22, 2006, 12:59 PM CDT (17:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2006, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Audrain County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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
Jun 22, 1:05 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Nnw Mexico, MO	DAMAGE TO SEVERAL TREES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ROOF AND SIDE OF A HOME. MINOR DAMAGE TO A MACHINE SHED. DAMAGE LENGTH 200 YARDS LONG 40 YARDS WIDE. F0 DAMAGE.
Jun 22, 1:07 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Nnw Mexico, MO	TORNADO DAMAGED A LARGE MACHINE SHED 0.75 MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 15. DEBRIS FROM THE MACHINE SHED WAS DISPLACED 300 YARDS TO THE EAST. SEVERAL TREES WERE DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDING A 50 YARD SWATH OF TREE DAMAGE EAST OF SUNRISE ROAD. TOTAL D
Jun 22, 1:10 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 N Mexico, MO	A BRIEF TORNADO DESTROYED A GRAIN BIN ON A FARMSTEAD AND SEVERAL TREES WERE TOPPED EAST OF SUNRISE ROAD. APPROXIMATE DAMAGE PATH WAS 1.4 MILE LONG AND 40-50 YARDS WIDE.
Jun 22, 1:25 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Laddonia, MO	POWER POLES SNAPPED IN HALF...12 TO 14 INCH LIMBS DOWN.
Jun 22, 1:40 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Laddonia, MO	POWER POLES SNAPPED IN HALF...12 TO 14 INCH LIMBS DOWN.

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
Jun 22, 11:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 291 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: 1621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 33 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 221759
TORLSX
MOC007-221830-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0088.060622T1759Z-060622T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1259 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 7 MILES WEST NORTHWEST 
  OF MEXICO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEXICO...
  LADDONIA...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND EASTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3935 9210 3907 9211 3908 9165 3933 9163

$$

TRUETT

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 11:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	47 min
Jun 22, 12:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain	38 min
Jun 22, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Cole	39 min
Jun 22, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain, Pike, Ralls	47 min
Jun 22, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	47 min
Jun 22, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Callaway, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage	66 min
Jun 22, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln, Pike	51 min
Jun 22, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin	47 min
Jun 22, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Warren	58 min
Jun 22, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles	64 min
Jun 22, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Sainte Genevieve	46 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.