Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 48, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2009, 7:39 PM CDT for Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 min. 4 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
- Jun 17, 2009, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2009, 8:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Callaway County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:40 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 S Fulton, MO | LOOKING NORTH APPROX 10 MILES...VIEWS A WELL DEFINED FUNNEL CLOUD |
| Jun 17, 7:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.7 | 1 Nw Fulton, MO | |
| Jun 17, 8:03 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Fulton, MO | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROTATION UNDER THE STORM BEING CALLED INTO 911 DISPATCH. |
| Jun 17, 8:04 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Fulton, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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
- 2393 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 180039
TORLSX
MOC027-180130-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0048.090618T0039Z-090618T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
739 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FULTON...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FULTON...
CARRINGTON...
KINGDOM CITY...
STEEDMAN...
REFORM...
PORTLAND...
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 3902 9210 3887 9165 3871 9165 3871 9174
3869 9178 3867 9186 3884 9215 3890 9217
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 296DEG 22KT 3890 9206
$$
CARNEY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 180116
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
816 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
MOC027-180125-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-090618T0130Z/
CALLAWAY MO-
816 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING IS NO LONGER SHOWING
SIGNS OF STRONG ROTATION. HOWEVER...GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IS STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM.
IN ADDITION...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM.
LAT...LON 3902 9210 3887 9165 3871 9165 3871 9174
3869 9178 3867 9186 3884 9215 3890 9217
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 296DEG 22KT 3880 9181
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 7:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Boone | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 8:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 17 min |
| Jun 17, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Osage | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 12:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin | 20 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.