Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 26, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 2007, 6:17 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Montgomery County, Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 26 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
- Oct 2, 2007, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2007, 6:43 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lincoln County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Pike County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Oct 2, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 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 022316 RRA
TORLSX
MOC113-139-163-030000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0026.071002T2317Z-071003T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
617 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR BUELL...OR ABOUT 6
MILES EAST OF WELLSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW HARTFORD...
EOLIA...
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 YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3937 9099 3913 9083 3902 9149 3912 9152
3915 9146 3914 9142 3916 9141 3917 9142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 244DEG 40KT 3909 9142
$$
TES1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 022343
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
644 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
MOC113-139-163-022354-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-071003T0000Z/
MONTGOMERY MO-LINCOLN MO-PIKE MO-
644 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LINCOLN AND NORTHEASTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE
COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3937 9099 3913 9083 3902 9149 3912 9152
3915 9146 3914 9142 3916 9141 3917 9142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 244DEG 40KT 3922 9107
$$
TESThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Shelby | 34 min |
| 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 |
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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.