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Tornado Warning 63, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 19, 2010Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 19, 2010, 4:36 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 9 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 19, 2010, 4:36 AM CDT (09:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2010, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
9 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lincoln County, MO, Pike County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 18, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Sep 19, 4:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2010-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1222 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2010-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1222 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

792 
WFUS53 KLSX 190936
TORLSX
MOC113-163-191000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0063.100919T0936Z-100919T1000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
436 AM CDT SUN SEP 19 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  EAST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 434 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EOLIA...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING
  GREEN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELSBERRY...PAYNESVILLE...ANNADA AND NEW HOPE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3928 9076 3925 9074 3922 9072 3908 9078
      3921 9115 3938 9106
TIME...MOT...LOC 0937Z 293DEG 25KT 3925 9099

$$

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1 follow-up statement
178 
WWUS53 KLSX 190945
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
445 AM CDT SUN SEP 19 2010

MOC113-163-190956-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-100919T1000Z/
LINCOLN MO-PIKE MO-
445 AM CDT SUN SEP 19 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST
CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND EAST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3928 9076 3925 9074 3922 9072 3908 9078
      3921 9115 3938 9106
TIME...MOT...LOC 0946Z 293DEG 25KT 3923 9092

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike51 min
Sep 18, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike48 min
Sep 18, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike40 min
Sep 18, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles33 min
Sep 18, 8:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXKnox, Lewis6 hr
Sep 18, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis, Marion46 min
Sep 18, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Montgomery, Saint Charles, Warren44 min
Sep 18, 8:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXKnox, Lewis6 hr
Sep 18, 9:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery, Warren6 hr
Sep 18, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis23 min
Sep 18, 9:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMarion6 hr
Sep 18, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade45 min
Sep 18, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Lewis, Shelby57 min
Sep 18, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis25 min
Sep 18, 10:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis5 hr
Sep 18, 10:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Osage5 hr
Sep 18, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby27 min
Sep 18, 10:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis10 hr
Sep 18, 10:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis22 hr
Sep 18, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis31 min
Sep 19, 1:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles5 hr
Sep 19, 2:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMonroe, Ralls6 hr
Sep 19, 3:00 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXKnox, Lewis, Marion12 hr
Sep 19, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike45 min
Sep 19, 3:17 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXCallaway, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln, Montgomery and 4 more12 hr
Sep 19, 3:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Ralls48 min
Sep 19, 3:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXPike, Ralls4 hr
Sep 19, 4:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMarion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby6 hr
Sep 19, 4:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Montgomery21 min
Sep 19, 5:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Lincoln, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls6 hr
Sep 19, 7:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXPike, Ralls3 hr
Sep 19, 9:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMonroe, Ralls112 min
Sep 19, 9:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln48 hr
Sep 19, 9:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion25 hr
Sep 19, 11:17 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Lincoln, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike and 1 more4 hr
Sep 19, 2:53 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls6 hr
Sep 19, 3:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMonroe43 hr
Sep 19, 3:12 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.