Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at May 13, 2009, 6:04 PM CDT for Scotland County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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
- May 13, 2009, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2009, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 10 Sw Memphis, MO | HAIL LASTED FOR 3 OR 4 MINUTES. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| May 13, 6:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 10 Sw Memphis, MO | HAIL LASTED FOR 3 OR 4 MINUTES. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 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 KDVN 132304
TORDVN
MOC199-132345-
/O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0009.090513T2304Z-090513T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
604 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.
* AT 602 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIAN HILLS CA...OR 14 MILES WEST OF
EDINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
INDIAN HILLS CA AND BIBLE GROVE AROUND 620 PM CDT...
SPILLMAN MOUND AROUND 625 PM CDT...
SAND HILL AROUND 630 PM CDT...
RUTLEDGE AROUND 635 PM CDT...
SOUTH GORIN AROUND 640 PM CDT...
ETNA...GRANGER AND ARBELA AROUND 645 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.
&&
LAT...LON 4045 9236 4055 9196 4030 9195 4030 9235
4031 9236 4044 9237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 245DEG 32KT 4024 9241
$$
ERVIN2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDVN 132317
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
617 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
MOC199-132345-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090513T2345Z/
SCOTLAND MO-
617 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
SCOTLAND COUNTY...
AT 616 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR
INDIAN HILLS CA...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDINA...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
INDIAN HILLS CA AND BIBLE GROVE AROUND 625 PM CDT...
SPILLMAN MOUND AND SAND HILL AROUND 640 PM CDT...
RUTLEDGE...SOUTH GORIN AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF MEMPHIS AROUND 645 PM
CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED A TORNADO AND REMAINS A THREAT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.
&&
LAT...LON 4045 9236 4055 9196 4030 9195 4030 9235
4031 9236 4044 9237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 248DEG 22KT 4028 9233
$$
ERVIN000
WWUS53 KDVN 132334
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
634 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
MOC199-132345-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090513T2345Z/
SCOTLAND MO-
634 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
SCOTLAND COUNTY...
AT 633 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD ALONG THE
KNOX AND SCOTLAND COUNTY LINE...SOUTH OF BIBLE GROVE. THIS STORM
CONTINUES TO PRODUCE A TORNADO ACROSS NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY...NEAR
BARING. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SPILLMAN MOUND AROUND 640 PM CDT...
SAND HILL...RUTLEDGE...SOUTH GORIN AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF MEMPHIS
AROUND 645 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED A TORNADO AND REMAINS A THREAT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.
&&
LAT...LON 4045 9236 4055 9196 4030 9195 4030 9235
4031 9236 4044 9237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 248DEG 22KT 4032 9221
$$
ERVINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 11:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scotland | 37 min |
| May 13, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clark, Scotland | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.