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Tornado Warning 50, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 21, 2010Lewis County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2010, 9:52 PM CDT for Lewis County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 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 21, 2010, 9:52 PM CDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2010, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lewis County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 10:15 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD4 N Monticello, MOSEVERAL REPORTS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD AND ONE WALL CLOUD REPORT

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 21, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 21, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2010-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2621 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2010-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2621 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
7.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

240 
WFUS53 KLSX 220252
TORLSX
MOC111-220330-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0050.100622T0252Z-100622T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
952 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 949 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA BELLE...OR 17 MILES WEST
  OF CANTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CANTON...LA GRANGE AND MONTICELLO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4024 9150 4022 9150 4014 9152 4004 9149
      4015 9195 4026 9194
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 283DEG 26KT 4020 9181

$$

KANOFSKY
1 follow-up statement
678 
WWUS53 KLSX 220316
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1016 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010

MOC111-220330-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-100622T0330Z/
LEWIS MO-
1016 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY
UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

AT 1014 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEWISTOWN...OR 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

AT 1015 PM...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NORTHEAST OF 
MONTICELLO. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CANTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4024 9150 4014 9152 4008 9150 4006 9151
      4010 9164 4015 9181 4025 9179
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 276DEG 16KT 4021 9169

$$

KANOFSKY

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXKnox48 min
Jun 21, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXKnox, Lewis45 min
Jun 21, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXLewis22 min
Jun 22, 3:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis3 days
Jun 22, 9:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis54 min

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.