Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 22, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 2007, 4:38 PM CDT for Monroe County, Shelby County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min. 3 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
- Oct 2, 2007, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2007, 5:12 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Monroe County, MO, Shelby County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 4:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Ne Granville, MO | *** 1 INJ *** NEAR HWY 15 AND RT CC...BARN DESTROYED..LARGE TREES DOWN...1 REPORTED INJURY. TIME APPROZIMATE. |
| Oct 2, 4:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Se Shelbina, MO | *** 1 INJ *** POSSIBLE TORNADO. MOBILE HOME DESTROYED. MAN FOUND INJURED...CONFIRMED BY SHELBINA FIRE DEPARTMENT. EVENT OCCURRED IN MONROE COUNTY SOUTH OF LAKENAN. |
| Oct 2, 5:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | Shelbina, MO | SHERIFF DEPT REPORTED TREE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE JUST SOUTH OF SHELBINA. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1131 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 022139
TORLSX
MOC137-205-022230-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0022.071002T2138Z-071002T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
438 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 436 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR MAUD...OR ABOUT 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHELBINA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHELBINA...
EMDEN...
HUNNEWELL...
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.
LAT...LON 3981 9186 3978 9185 3962 9185 3955 9222
3963 9225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 253DEG 30KT 3962 9214
$$
MILLER/CVKING3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 022151 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 451 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007 MOC137-205-022230- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071002T2230Z/ MONROE MO-SHELBY MO- 451 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY AND NORTHERN MONROE COUNTIES... AT 449 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF HUNNEWELL...OR ABOUT NEAR SHELBINA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...HUNNEWELL. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3973 9185 3962 9186 3960 9208 3967 9207 TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 255DEG 35KT 3964 9197 $$ MILLER/CVKING
000
WWUS53 KLSX 022203
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
502 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
MOC137-205-022230-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071002T2230Z/
MONROE MO-SHELBY MO-
502 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY AND NORTHERN MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 457 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT TREE
AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE SOUTH OF SHELBINA. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR HUNNEWELL.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE....HUNNEWELL.
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 3973 9185 3970 9185 3970 9186 3962 9186
3961 9191 3962 9192 3961 9198 3969 9199
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 255DEG 35KT 3967 9184
$$
MILLER/CVKING000
WWUS53 KLSX 022212
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
512 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
MOC137-205-022222-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-071002T2230Z/
MONROE MO-SHELBY MO-
512 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY AND NORTHERN MONROE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.
LAT...LON 3973 9185 3970 9185 3970 9186 3962 9186
3961 9191 3962 9192 3961 9198 3969 9199
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 255DEG 35KT 3969 9172
$$
MILLER/CVKINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Ralls | 49 min |
| Oct 2, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Oct 2, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike, Ralls | 59 min |
| Oct 2, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike | 26 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.