Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 3, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 7:12 AM CST for Crawford County, Franklin County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 1, 2007, 7:12 AM CST (13:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:46 AM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Union, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:58 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 271 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
- 232 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 011312 TORLSX MOC055-071-011400- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0003.070301T1312Z-070301T1400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 712 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 800 AM CST * AT 708 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUBA...OR ABOUT NEAR CUBA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BOURBON... SULLIVAN... BEAUFORT... PARKWAY... UNION... ST. CLAIR... WASHINGTON... VILLA RIDGE... 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. LAT...LON 3817 9155 3803 9141 3846 9073 3860 9110 $$ GLASS
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 011323
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
723 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007
MOC055-011333-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T1400Z/
CRAWFORD MO-
723 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3826 9138 3821 9138 3819 9121 3846 9073
3860 9110
$$
MOC071-011400-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T1400Z/
FRANKLIN MO-
723 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST FOR FRANKLIN
COUNTY...
AT 721 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JAPAN...OR ABOUT 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF BOURBON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...STANTON...NOSER
MILL...BEAUFORT...LESLIE...UNION...WASHINGTON AND VILLA RIDGE.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 3826 9138 3821 9138 3819 9121 3846 9073
3860 9110
$$
GLASS000 WWUS53 KLSX 011339 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 739 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 MOC071-011400- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T1400Z/ FRANKLIN MO- 739 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY... AT 738 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNION...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF ST. CLAIR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...UNION... WASHINGTON...VILLA RIDGE AND GRAY SUMMIT. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. LAT...LON 3840 9117 3832 9111 3846 9073 3860 9110 $$ BRITT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Shelby | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 2:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion | 55 min |
| Mar 1, 2:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion | 54 min |
| Mar 1, 2:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Ralls | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 2:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 23 min |
| Mar 1, 3:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 4:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway | 52 min |
| Mar 1, 5:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 40 min |
| Mar 1, 6:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 7:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 7:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 52 min |
| Mar 1, 8:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Washington | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 8:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 10:47 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 23 more | 13 hr |
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.