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Tornado Warning 130, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 25, 2011Sainte Genevieve County, Saint Francois County, Washington County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2011, 11:00 PM CDT for Sainte Genevieve County, Saint Francois County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min. 6 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 25, 2011, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2011, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 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 25, 11:05 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 65Bonne Terre, MO
Jun 25, 11:08 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD5 W Leadwood, MOCOUPLE REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR BONNE TERRE
Jun 25, 11:10 PM CDTHAIL 1Bonne Terre, MO
Jun 25, 11:12 PM CDTTORNADOLeadington, MONEAR US HWY 67
Jun 25, 11:14 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 Nw Desloge, MOOFFICER REPORTS A FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN DESLOGE AND BONNE TERRE
Jun 25, 11:24 PM CDTTORNADOLeadington, MOPOSSIBLE TORNADO...2 LARGE BILLBOARDS AND DEBRIS BLOWN ACROSS US HWY 67 JUST NORTH OF TOWN

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 25, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 294 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 2011-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

314 
WFUS53 KLSX 260400
TORLSX
MOC186-187-221-260445-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0130.110626T0400Z-110626T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1100 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1057 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BONNE TERRE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEADWOOD...BONNE TERRE...DESLOGE...PARK HILLS...ROCKY RIDGE...
  WEINGARTEN...COFFMAN...LEADINGTON...FRENCH VILLAGE AND RIVER AUX
  VASES.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3771 9009 3786 9074 3803 9070 3803 9061
      3802 9061 3801 9063 3800 9058 3802 9054
      3795 9002
TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 282DEG 26KT 3793 9061

$$

CARNEY
1 follow-up statement
897 
WWUS53 KLSX 260418
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1118 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

MOC221-260425-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0130.000000T0000Z-110626T0445Z/
WASHINGTON MO-
1118 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM.

LAT...LON 3784 9064 3803 9064 3803 9061 3801 9063
      3800 9058 3802 9052 3795 9002 3771 9009
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 286DEG 26KT 3789 9048

$$

MOC186-187-260445-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0130.000000T0000Z-110626T0445Z/
STE. GENEVIEVE MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-
1118 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. FRANCOIS AND STE.
GENEVIEVE COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1110 PM CDT...MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 
NEAR BONNE TERRE WITH THIS STORM.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM!  SEEK 
SHELTER NOW!  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED BETWEEN BONNE TERRE AND 
DESLOGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROCKY RIDGE...WEINGARTEN...COFFMAN...LEADINGTON...FRENCH VILLAGE
  AND RIVER AUX VASES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN SPOTTED! 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3784 9064 3803 9064 3803 9061 3801 9063
      3800 9058 3802 9052 3795 9002 3771 9009
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 286DEG 26KT 3789 9048

$$

CARNEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Washington49 min
Jun 25, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles39 min
Jun 25, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Washington45 min
Jun 25, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington42 min
Jun 25, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis51 min
Jun 25, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve48 min
Jun 25, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles47 min
Jun 25, 8:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLewis6 hr
Jun 25, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington48 min
Jun 25, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis44 min
Jun 25, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Washington38 min
Jun 25, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois23 min
Jun 25, 10:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington6 hr
Jun 25, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington43 min
Jun 25, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Washington22 min
Jun 25, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis49 min
Jun 25, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois40 min
Jun 25, 11:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis6 hr
Jun 26, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve, Saint Francois39 min
Jun 26, 12:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren and 1 more6 hr
Jun 26, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve33 min
Jun 26, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis47 min
Jun 26, 1:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles13 hr
Jun 26, 2:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXSainte Genevieve4 hr
Jun 26, 6:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis12 hr
Jun 26, 2:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln7 days
Jun 26, 2:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis4 days
Jun 26, 2:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 20 more31 hr
Jun 26, 3:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXRalls6 days
Jun 26, 4:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Francois6 hr
Jun 26, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds30 min
Jun 26, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Francois, Washington29 min
Jun 26, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Francois, Washington38 min
Jun 26, 4:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXWashington6 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.