Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 4, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 7:34 AM CST for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 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, 7:34 AM CST (13:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 8:15 AM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Reynolds County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 8:00 AM CST | HAIL 0.75 | 3 N Ellington, MO | REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 21 NORTH OF ELLINGTON |
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, 1.6 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
- 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 011334 TORLSX MOC179-011415- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0004.070301T1334Z-070301T1415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 734 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 815 AM CST * AT 729 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELLINGTON...OR ABOUT 22 MILES EAST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GARWOOD... ELLINGTON... CLEARWATER LAKE... 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 3727 9118 3707 9095 3714 9076 3753 9078 $$ GLASS
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 011348 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 749 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 MOC179-011415- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T1415Z/ REYNOLDS MO- 749 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY... AT 746 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELLINGTON...OR ABOUT 22 MILES WEST OF PIEDMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...ELLINGTON AND REDFORD. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3727 9118 3707 9095 3708 9079 3753 9078 $$ GLASS
000 WWUS53 KLSX 011401 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 801 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 MOC179-011415- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T1415Z/ REYNOLDS MO- 801 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY... AT 759 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLINGTON...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF PIEDMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE.... 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. LAT...LON 3727 9118 3707 9095 3708 9079 3753 9078 $$ GLASS
000 WWUS53 KLSX 011414 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 814 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 MOC179-011424- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T1415Z/ REYNOLDS MO- 814 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 815 AM CST... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON. LAT...LON 3727 9118 3707 9095 3708 9079 3753 9078 $$ GLASS
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, 7:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin | 48 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.