Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 46, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2009, 12:27 PM CDT for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 15, 2009, 12:27 PM CDT (17:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Reynolds County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 12:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Centerville, MO | REYNOLDS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED PING PONG BALL SIZE IN CENTERVILLE MO AT 1251 PM |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 10:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 2332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 18.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 151727 TORLSX MOC179-151800- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0046.090615T1727Z-090615T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1227 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 100 PM CDT * AT 1226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF REYNOLDS...OR 27 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALEM...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... REYNOLDS...CORRIDON...CENTERVILLE...LESTERVILLE AND REDFORD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3741 9119 3759 9110 3747 9078 3717 9081 TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 296DEG 24KT 3747 9110 $$ GLASS
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 151740 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1240 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 MOC179-151800- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-090615T1800Z/ REYNOLDS MO- 1240 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR REYNOLDS COUNTY... AT 1239 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTERVILLE...OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IRONTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CENTERVILLE...LESTERVILLE AND REDFORD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. && LAT...LON 3741 9119 3759 9110 3747 9078 3717 9081 TIME...MOT...LOC 1740Z 296DEG 24KT 3743 9100 $$ GLASS
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Montgomery, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Boone | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron, Reynolds | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 9:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds, Saint Francois | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron, Washington | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 12:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 12:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 3:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 23 more | 20 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 51 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 6 hr |
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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.